One sleep to go...

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Well it's been three long years since I've (Scott) left the country so it's soon time to head off on an adventure that I've been dreaming about for a long time. Unfortunately this means leaving Sara for a month which I think will be far harder than the climb itself!

Firstly please feel free to unsubscribe from blog updates as most of you are still subscribed from Joy and my trip through the middle east in 2006. Others I've added your email address thinking you might care :-)

So where am I going I hear you ask? I'm off to the Himalaya's in Nepal to climb Island Peak/Imje Tse. Most people haven't heard of it so here's what the brochure says about it:

"Island Peak (6,189m/20,305ft) is one of the main climbing peaks of the Everest Area. The mountain was named "Island Peak" in 1952 due to its striking location in the middle of the Chhukung valley, like an Island on a sea of ice. It was renamed "Imje Tse" in the early '80s, though its original name is still more popular. Island Peak has an impressive, highly glaciated West Face that rises from the Lhotse Glacier."

I'll also be going to Everest base camp and several "hills" that offer amazing views of Everest and many of the other 8000m+ peaks in the region. Anyway I'm not sure how often I'll get to update this blog as Internet access may be a bit hit and miss on the trek.

Here's my itinerary below or you can have a look at http://www.himalayanglacier.com/trip_detail.php?pId=51#d2d for more information about my trek:

2/10 Fly to Kathmandu via Singapore
3/10 Free Day in Kathmandu
4/10 Free Day in Kathmandu - GRAND FINAL DAY...GO THE EELS!!!!!
5/10 Rock Climbing Course
6/10 Fly Kathmandu-Lukla then trek to Phakding (2652m)
7/10 Phakding - Namche (3440m)
8/10 Acclimatisation day in Namche (3440m)
9/10 Namche Bazaar - Dole (4090m)
10/10 Dole - Machhermo (4465m)
11/10 Machhermo - Gokyo (4750m)
12/10 Spare day in Gokyo - Climb Gokyo Ri (5537m)
13/10 Gokyo - Cho La base camp (4850m)
14/10 Cho La base camp - Dzongkha (4850m) via Cho La (5420m)
15/10 Dzongkha - Lubuche (4930m)
16/10 Lubuche - Gorak Shep (5160m) climb Kala Pattar (5545m)
17/10 Gorak Shep - Lubuche (4930m) via Everest Base Camp (5350m)
18/10 Lubuche - Chhukung (4730m) via Kongma La (5535m)
19/10 Chhukung - Island Peak Base camp (5200m)
20/10 Island Peak Base Camp to High Camp (5600m)
21/10 High camp to summit to Base camp to Chhukung (4730m)
22/10 Chhukung to Tengboche (3870m)
23/10 Tengboche to Namche (3440m)
24/10 Namche to Lukla (2800m)
25/10 Fly Lukla - Kathmandu
26/10 Free day in Kathmandu
27/10 Free day in Kathmandu
28/10 Fly home
29/10 Arrive home

Stay tuned....

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Comments

[Deb]

Go Scotty,
now make sure you bring all your fingers and toes home!!