As I was conquering seemingly insurmountable peaks at 8,000 meters with my ice pick in hand and looking over the clouds and down on the rest of the world... Okay, maybe it was mildly thin air and I was admiring those peaks while standing at half that elevation and did not see an ice pick the entire trek, but still, the views and everything were incredible. Pictures can do no justice to witnessing some of the highest mountains in the world and such vast expanses of virtually untouched land, along with everything in between. After a quick stop in Kathmandu (where I fielded questions by some of the friendly locals that decided to sit with me while I ate such as: "Aren't all Americans rich?" and "Is it true that the government gives money to poor ... read more