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- The Final Tally - $26,253 Thank you everyone!
- 29, 30 October - Back to the Starting Point
- 27, 28 October - Back into the Green Regions
- 26 October - Kala Patthar and Downward
- 25 October - The Big Day!
- 24 October - The Khumbu Glacier Appears
- 23 October - An Acclimatization Day
- 22 October - In the Shadow of Mother and Child
- 21, 22 October - The Monastery in the Clouds
- 19, 20 October - Into the "Sacred and Mysterious Tracts"
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Monday 19 december
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(L>R Front sitting: Liesha, Tanya, Gopal; Middle: Manda, Nynke, Wendy, Judy, Jamie,Jen, Denis, Arlene, Barry, Lisa; Behind: Bala, Anda, Pem Dorje) It is with great pleasure, pride and heart felt thanks that I can give you the final tally of our tremendous fund raising effort. The gross […]
Sunday 30 october
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On the night of the 28th, we stayed in the village of Phakding, nursing the colds we had all picked up, and the next morning slept in until 7:00 a.m. (We only had a three-hour walk into Lukla, so we figured we deserved a break.) Walking down into Lukla (2840 meters altitude ) where we had begun […]
Sunday 30 october
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Today was a gorgeous morning--a gosling day, as they say in PEI. We walked out of the Pheriche valley ; trees (mainly juniper) began to appear, as well as flowers and shrubs and tilled plots of land, separated by the stone fences you see everywhere here. We went through the village of Syomare, […]
Saturday 29 october
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What a day! We got up at 4:00 a.m. to climb up to Kala Patthar lookout (about 200 meters above the Everest Base Camp) in order to see the sun rise over the Everest group of mountains. The sky was resonant with Himalayan stars, gazing down dispassionately on us as we laboured up the slope in […]
Wednesday 26 october
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This was a major hiking day--starting at 7:30 from Lobuche, we walked along the massive Khumbu Glacier. The mountains seemed incredibly close, so clear is the air here. We started the hard climbing at about 8:30 or so, and as always, we walked in slow motion, putting one foot in front of the […]
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