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We are in the thick of Nepal’s monsoon season.  It really hit home when I was petting one of my favorite dogs in the village of Ghat.  ...

We started our relief effort with a meeting in Kathmandu.  My head porter, head Sherpa, and 2 representatives from “Resilient Homes” met m...

I have been feeling a bit trepidatious about journeying back into the earthquake zone of Nepal.  I can remember the first moments of the e...

Hello Friends, Thank You for your care and compassion in your hundreds of emails.  We are all safe and doing well and we are in a good s...

A few years back my clients took an acclimatization hike toward a village called Dingboche.  I captured this photo on their return  and...

The definition of "alive".   We woke at 3am in the still, quiet, air of 15,600 feet. The thermometer sank to 21 degrees during t...

I wanted to Thank "Bavarian Meats" in Seattle.  When your body is at altitude your heart rate is ramped up to accommodate the lac...

“You’ve seen one mountain you’ve seen them all.”   This was iterated to me a few years back while viewing the sun set on a peak called Cho...

Do you ever think about the quality of connection you have with your friends through facebook or technology?  It is something I think abou...

I have been guiding the Himalaya for 20 years.  I am now preparing for my 35th season at altitude in the mountains of Nepal.  With this ma...

Where your mind is at is where you are at.  If you are thinking in your mind that your situation is horrible then the situation cannot be a...

This photo was taken at 17,600 feet.  The central high peak is Mt Everest.  Notice the 3rd holy lake in the foreground.  If you look clos...

We crossed the Renjo La at 17,600 feet.  As we crested the pass heading West I could feel 600 years of Tibetan Yak trains.  Tibetans would ...

I always tease the Saddhus (holy men) at the Hindu Rain Temple.  I have found that they have great sense of humors and are very light heart...

We walked up the 300 year old trail to the Thame Monastery.  The final steps were steep.  We passed a grumpy, frumpy, monk descending the s...

Thank You to the staff of Zing Bar.  When I get tired of Dhal Bhat, the staple Nepali meal, I would turn to a Zing Bar.  The Blue Berry f...

If we never get out of our comfort zone then we are staying still, nothing is changing.  If nothing is changing then we are not growing. Gr...

On the way down from the Renjo pass we passed a older Sherpa gentlemen.  He was behind his stone hut working at something.  He raised his h...

Greetings from the Renjo Pass.  All the group has made it over except for 2.  It is a beautiful walk which starts at the village of Gokyo a...

Condolences and prayers to the families who lost loved ones in the Everest Avalanche.  Without your sons and fathers Everest would never ge...