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Two famous Sherpa mountain guides are preparing to embark on another epic adventure in mid-January, when they set off to hike the entire length of the 1700km (1056 mile) Great Himalayan Trail . Starting on January 15th, Apa Sherpa and Dawa Steven Sherpa will begin the trek , which is expected to take roughly 120 days to complete. Touted as the highest altitude long distance trail in the world, the GHT isn't likely to pose much of a problem for these two men. Apa has reached the summit of Everest an ...
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
The Amphu Lapcha A quick and cold fair well was given to Baruntse base camp as we got underway for Chukhung. This was expected to be a 12 hour day which would be a shock to the system after trekking for 6 hours at most on the walk in. Walking most of the way with Debbie and Gordon, we all doubted our ability to get over the Amphu Lapcha; however the prospect of failing wasn’t too great as the Amphu Lapcha was the only reasonable way out of the valley other than a helicopter… our time would come for ...
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Arriving at Baruntse Baruntse Base Camp The arrival at Baruntse was impressive one, as BC, the moraine, and the towering Southwest face of Baruntse opened out in front of us. This was our home for the next 10 days. During the rest of this day and the next, the first rest days we had had for 17 days, we got straight down to business. We only had a scheduled 10 days on the mountain so every day counted. The two days were spent organising piles and many barrels of food, equipment for high on the mountain, and
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Introduction This blog is to mark the expedition to climb Mera Peak and Baruntse and all the events that subsequently unfolded. Since making a crazy return from the Himalayas on the 17 th November, the last few weeks have been nothing short of hectic. I have struggled to completely piece this blog together, since how do explain the euphoria of reaching a summit such as Baruntse, or even Mera Peak and the Amphu Labtsa, when I can’t totally understand the feelings myself. Ironically, I found writing the
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from The Adventure Blog
The Rest of Everest video podcast continues to give us an inside look at the trek to Everest Base Camp, with two more great episodes for fans of the show, and potential trekkers. One of these episodes was released late last week, and the other earlier today, so I'm just now getting the chance to watch the two videos. The first episode is Episode 132: An Unbelievable Base Camp Surprise . As you can tell by the title of the episode, the team, or what's left of it, arrives in BC, with spectacular views of the
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from The Rest of Everest Video Podcast (iPod/AppleTV)
Let Them Have Cake! I spent the morning today doing what I should have done a while ago: filming Dawa and Pempa as the cooked for us. This mornings footage was great. Dawa even baked a cake at 17,000 feet. I guess I just havent wanted to get in their way, but now that were [...]
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Let Them Have Cake! I spent the morning today doing what I should have done a while ago: filming Dawa and Pempa as the cooked for us. This morning's footage was great. Dawa even baked a cake at 17,000 feet.
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Ya Gotta Love Climbing! Today the team is heading up to Camp 4 from Camp 3. This means they are firmly planting themselves into the famous death zone. Cue scary music. At least I think theyre heading up. Dawa and Boca Lama have yet to get in touch with anyone via radio. The tension around [...]
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from The Rest of Everest Video Podcast (iPod/AppleTV)
The People With the Boat, They Coming With the Fish. Tonight Ben, Bertrand, Allan and I were treated to some fine French Cuisine at Denis camp. It was wonderful. Our camp has the finest Nepali food in town, and Dawas a true master, but this was a very pleasant change of pace. Weve all become [...]
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