Four Winds Himalayan Guide Service-Since 1995

                                         Chad, you were a brother.  You were a force.  You were a true mountain breathing dragon, ...

We were at Camp I on Ama Dablam.  A 22,500 foot peak, Camp I is at 18,700 feet.  The summit seems so close from this perspective but 2 soli...

There are only 14 peaks in the world that are over 8000 meters.  The 8th highest is a peak called Manasulu.  Its name means mountain of the...

I was baffled when I heard that a large popular travel company and outdoor retailer had all their clients on Diamox from day one on a trek ...

It is 2:30 a.m..  I am in the Tibet Guest house in Kathmandu, jet lag.  I am down in the reception area.  It is a modest reception space bu...

   At 17,300 after returning from a summit attempt on Kangchung.  All the elements did not come together for us to reach the summit. ...

There is no guarantee that you will be alive tomorrow or even in the next 10 minutes.  I have a bit of experience with this.  If you have n...

Hello Everyone, Another season is upon us and we have a full group of trekkers for October of 2013.  We will not be doing an expedition th...

Meet part of the Four Winds Crew.  From Left Arjun, Gombu, Matt, Pramesh.  A big Thank You to these guys and also Hira and the crew at K...

Woke at 2am bumped the tent wall and crystals of ice showered me.  We had decided the day before to get a 3am start.  We were at 17,800 fee...

We have made it to Base Camp.  It is the highest base camp I have ever had.  17,800 feet almost 500 feet higher than Everest Base Camp.  We...

We are a day away from Base camp.  The trekking group just departed down into thicker air.  What an outstanding group and trip.  We were ab...

We have arrived at Gokyo 15600 feet.  Everyone is doing well after a bout of sicknesses.  The weather is very unsettled in the Khumbu with ...

Our climbing hardware gear list for our Kangchung expedition: 6 Black Diamond Express ice screws 3 pitons 1 set nuts 1 50 meter 8 mm r...

"I ski in these gloves" was his first response when I crinkled my brow. He held out his gloved covered hands.  These are not just...

We have just reached Namche and finalized our climbing permit.  Everyone is doing well just the usual khumbu valley sicknesses, soar throat...

There has been one person who as kept track of every expedition since 1963 in the Nepal Himalaya.  Now in her 80s Elizabeth Holly has inter...

I am always astonished to see climbers on a 2 day climb of Mt Rainier carrying 50 pound packs. It is uncalled for and outdated.  For a 3 d...

Packing for an expedition is a bitter sweet action.  On Friday I depart for my 20th expedition. Our journey is to Kangchung East.  A p...

We were driven from the main paved road to a dirt road strewn with garbage.  At the next turn we entered a gravel parking lot surrounded by...