I am dedicating my hike to the Nianjema School in Tanzania. Like many of the villages and people here in the Himalayan mountains there are many challenges to overcome Electricity ————– In Tanzania the electricity is not reliable and can be off for hours at a time. This is true in many of the cities…
Today we woke up to snow on the ground. It had snowed overnight and it was very cold this morning. Everyone donned some additional layers for our hike and we set out the last stop before base camp. It turned cloudy quickly and started to snow part way through our hike. I felt better as…
Today we left a little earlier than the main group to give me more time to hike the trail. I am the slowest of the hikers and the guides continually encourage me to set the pace that does not make me out of breath. This is important at the high altitudes as you can develop…
Today we took a day hike up the ridge behind our tea house. The weather has turned colder and I put an extra layer on. The wind was blowing at the top of the ridge. There were some gorgeous views of the Himalayans. I hiked up to the 3rd ridge and Erin and Haley wanted…
Our typical routine is waking up at 6am to a very cold room (I am rooming with my brother John). We put on our hiking clothes, pack our duffel bags and backpacks for the day. We put out our duffel bags to be picked at 7am and then head to breakfast. We typical have porridge…
Michael Carney, President of Behnke Inc. hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp with his two daughters, two nieces and his brother. The views were scenic and majestic but it was a very challenging and hard hike. The entire region is hampered by transportation. There are no roads, just hiking trails, in Northern Nepal and all…
Michael Carney, owner of the Mr. Handyman of the Southwest Atlanta Suburbs hike to Mount Everest Base Camp. Mike hiked up with his 2 daughters Erin and Haley as well as his brother, John, and his two nieces Dever and Julia. The hike was very physically demanding as well as a mental challenge. Climbing the…
Erin Carney (class of ’06) and Michael Carney (class of ’79) hiked up to Mount Everest Base Camp. Haley Carney, another daughter, also joined Michael and Erin. We hike up 11 days to arrive at Mount Everest Base Camp and then hiked down 4 days. It was a family adventure. The hike was very physical…
We had a relatively short distance to Mount Everest Base camp but it took a while to hike. First of all we were hiking at 17,500 feet elevation approximately up and down and also base camp is very large. It took us almost an hour once entering base camp to arrive at the Alpine Ascents…
John and Michael Carney reached Everest Base Camp in support of the Nianjema School. The hike up to base camp took us 11 days and the hike down took 3 days. We did have a few days of rest periodically. I can’t compare the challenge of hiking up to Mount Everest Base camp with Charlie…
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