Hi everyone it’s Vanessa again! Today we woke up to clouds and lots of wind, but fortunately the skies cleared in time for our Puja Ceremony. After breakfast, the crew was working furiously to get the Stupa set up in time for our ceremony. The Puja is an important ceremony where we pay respect to…
Namaste Everyone! It started as another beautiful day here at 17,450 ft on the Khumbu Glacier at foot of Mount Everest, blue sky and calm winds down here at base camp, but we could see the winds blowing up above. We had a leisurely morning, coming over to the dining tent about the time the…
An update from Ben & the trekking team currently at Namche Bazaar. Yesterday morning the trekking team said their sad goodbyes to Bill, Greg, Vanessa and the high altitude Sherpa team at Everest base camp. Rachel and Ephi took a scenic helicopter ride out. And Luke & Oliver and I continued to the thicker air…
Hi!! Vanessa here with M.T. updating the blog! Yesterday we did some light travel on the glacier and captured some pictures of the Khumbu Ice fall. After we had a relaxing evening of stories and more card games (which I won- sorry Luke!). This morning our team started out with an amazing breakfast of eggs,…
Jack Lynch called in a very nice post from Everest Base Camp. Please listen to his very descriptive and heartfelt phone call! recording
A big hello from the village of Dingboche at 14,500 feet! Yesterday morning we left Deboche and continued up the Imja Khola river valley. After barely an hour, we climbed to the village of Pangboche to receive the traditional blessing from the Buddhist Lama Geshe, given to travelers and climbers in the hopes that they…
April 10: Good morning from the village of Deboche! It is a crisp cold morning up here at over 12,000 ft in the Khumbu Valley as we wake to the sun hitting the high peaks that surround us. Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and Ama Dablam are framed out the dining room window of the Rivendell…
Here are some images from our team’s trek above Nanche Bazaar, in Nepal, en route to Mount Everest Base Camp:
April 8, 2016 Ben here with today’s update from the beautiful village of Namche Bazaar. This morning we woke up to a nearly cloudless sky with seemingly endless mountain views. After a leisurely breakfast we took advantage of the beautiful weather to hike 1,500 feet above Namche to the Everest View Hotel at 12,700 feet…