Today we had a long hike down to a river and then a long hike back up the other side. We didn’t gain much elevation in our hike today but moved closer to Mount Everest. In fact as we arrived to our tea house, we saw Mount Everest for the first time. Clouds periodically covered…
I am here with Haley and Erin hiking up to Mount Everest Base Camp. As we hike each day from 4-8 hours and spend our afternoons and nights in the tea house dining room I am getting to know each of them better. Especially when there is no internet available. I see both myself and…
We moved into higher elevation today. Up and down then a hike down to a river and then back up the side of yet another mountain. I really began to feel the effects of the altitude this morning. A slight headache and a little dizzy. Erin and Haley walked again with me. I really appreciate…
In the United States, it is a short drive to go buy construction materials. Mr. Handyman can pick them up for our customers or our customers can purchase them and have them available when Mr. Handyman arrives to do the work. In Northern Nepal this does not happen. We are staying in a village called…
Today we backtracked most of the day on the trail that we took yesterday. Yesterday’s hike was another altitude adjustment hike. Last night we stayed in the city where our head Sherpa lives as well as some of the other sherpas. Our head sherpa’s last name is actually Sherpa. We were invited first thing in…
We left Namche this morning around 8am. The sun was out so I just had on 2 shirts and at our first stop, I took off one of the shirts. It is warm while you are walking but as soon as we stop I have to put my jacket on or I will get cold.…
Most of the people in the villages that we are visiting are Buddhists. The people are very devout and we pass by many holy Stupas. There are always two paths around the Stupas and Buddhists believe that you must walk around the Stupas clockwise. Out of respect for our sherpa guides we always do this.…
Namche, Nepal shows some of the challenges for construction in this part of the world. Here is a building being constructed in the center of the city. The construction crew tries to use as much of the naturally available materials to construct the building. Above you see them using stone from the surrounding mountains on…
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We are staying a second night in Namche, Nepal. To help adjust to the altitude we hike up 1,560 ft to a hotel on the top of a mountain. Altitude adjustment has been a challenge for me. The hotel is 12,750 ft high, almost as high as I have ever been. The hike was straight…
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