I'm almost to the top! Just a few more blogs to write before the big day! Hope you're all excited to hear about it! Here's a sneak peek at the peak [View Full Entry]

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Last night I had so many vivid dreams... In one, I showed up to work at BAP to see Primi. I was dressed in rags (a bit like osama bin laden) and felt dirty. Primi introduced me to a new person at the office, and I said, "Oh, I have just come back from trekking the himalayas," like that would be a good enough excuse to show up to work looking like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Although lack of ability to sleep is supposed to be a common symptom at this altitude, sleeping has come quick and easy to me throughout [View Full Entry]

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I write easy day because today is our acclimitization day, where we 'rest' so our bodies acclimate to the 14k ft elevation. So, on this day, the three of us did a 2,400 foot climb to the top of Nangkar Tshang. In reality, it was a true test of endurance, to realize if I had what it takes to make a similar climb from Gorak Shep to Kala Patar (18,200), the elevation climax of my trip. The way up me, Buddhi, and Phorbu talked the typical guy conversation, but it was lots of fun, and i'm so pleased how great we [View Full Entry]

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Received a 5am wake up call. But this was more of a natural wake up call. It sounded like someone next door to me fell out of bed. But noone was around. It was an avalanche! With my eyes closed, I started doing the math in my head. It sounded close, so if the snow came towards us, it might make it over the ridge where we slept. But then, I was on the second floor. But then, this teahouse was made out of balsa wood.... Later, I found out the avalanche was close, and it was big. But it was [View Full Entry]

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Left Namche a bit late today, so that meant no time for schmoozing in town. Rather, I continued my meditative walk, eventually winding up over 3,000 feet higher than where we started. The trail was pristine, as a nice old man had turned a small portion of the trail into a turnpike, with a 'voluntary' fee for keeping the road well-preserved. There were also some beautiful monuments set up along the way, with views of everest, lhotse, and ama dablam (i'll call the view the ELA view) most of the way through lunchtime. The smells and smoky juniper burned as we [View Full Entry]

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{Pictures Added} Haven't had a chance to catch everyone up for a few days now. Since I last left off, I spent a day in kathmandu, enjoying the company of my wonderful guide, Milan, and seeing some really incredible things. So I'll give a brief update on that day, then catch everyone up to where I am now! (Ive been writing in a little notebook so I made sure not to forget anything that caught my attention. FIRST, I have to apologize. The internet connection here is dial up. I would be waiting for at least 3.5 years to be able [View Full Entry]

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{In singapore waiting for flight to kathmandu; so, thought i'd type up my blog from yesterday} I'm on the narita express to the airport. It feels a bit like a glory right outside of tokyo. I managed to see everything i hoped to see, and even some new areas, even though i didn't eat every place i missed, i guess that means ill have to come back agains as soon as possible. As i arrived at the airport, i will have to give up my cool keitai for my ole gunmetal grey blackberry, which i must admist does not completely measure [View Full Entry]

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The shortest flight thus far seemed to be the longest as the anticipation of reaching nepal was unbearable. Before we began our final decent, I already was able to look across the plain to the Himalaya range (which was at least at eye level with our airbus320). The airport was as unofficial as I've ever seen. And this trend seems to be part of the nepali way. At the "visa application counter," a man in regular clothes asked for my disembarkation card. There was a line for the $30 visa, and I got a receipt no more official than what jim [View Full Entry]

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By the way. Does anyone have anything they want me to do, ask, see, buy, or jump? I'll do my best to grab any piece of information you are curious about and blog about it in my next journal. Just write a comment on this page and i'll reply below. Besides, I wanna know who's with my on this thing! Nite, Eric [View Full Entry]

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Today I followed Maxs advice and went for a run across rainbow bridge to odaiba. Definitely one of the coolest runs ive ever made. I started in shiodome, a district with towering buildings. From there, the run went along the water, and the port area. THEN, up a flight of stairs to the level where the bridge took the road across the bay. The run across the bridge gave me a gigantic view of tokyo, and was thankfully mostly downhill, so i could run and cock my head to the left, and point out different buildings to myself. By the end [View Full Entry]

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