Himalayas from above

During the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a MW 7.8 Earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding nations. Shaking from the quake triggered numerous avalanches on Himalayas and Mt Everest. At least twenty two people were killed in the deadliest disaster on the mountain.
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Between 700 and 1,000+ people were on or beside Mount Everest when the earthquake struck. One avalanche, […]

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Langtang Phooey

A while ago in the Andes mountains of Argentina we passed through a place called Uspallata, and thereafter began our ill-fated international food smuggling debacle, which saw us retreating to Uspallata. Uspallata, as it turned out, was the home base fo…

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Around Annapurna, Part 3: Little Tibet

We stood atop the roof on the edge of Muktinath and hung our laundry from the lines, glad to have put the grueling Thorong La behind us. A chilly wind swept down the canyon from the direction of the pass, stirred our hanging socks, and then swept into …

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Around Annapurna, Part 2: Snowbound

<< Read Part 1 For the second consecutive day in Braga the rain continued to fall. Plan A had been to make a three day diversion to Tilicho Lake, the highest lake in the world at over 16,000 feet. The mountain shelf on which Tilicho sits was visible from the dining room of our lodge, [...]

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01/26/2014 – 206 days/18725 miles

Here’s just a couple more photos from my last couple days in Kathmandu…and I’m off to Bangkok in the morning! Himalayas from a plane…             That’s Everest             Boudhanath Temple…one...
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Around Annapurna, Part 1: Into the Wild

Before we left on our trip I met exactly one person who had hiked in the Himalayas.  That happened to be Baroon, our dear friend whose family we had just spent a week with in Kathmandu. I was green with envy when he told me about his adventure; just imagine! The person sitting in front [...]

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The Kingdom in the Clouds

Crossing India had consisted of two thousand kilometers of pancake flat driving on the worst roads in the world. Now the roads were well maintained, and within a few miles of crossing the border we began winding through foothills, and then climbing int…

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