Here is a pictoral journal of my journey to Everest. The old saying is true, “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so here is a visual picture of my trek to the top of the world.

Here is the one runway at Luka (the begining of our trip). If it looks like the runway just ends, it does. It’s only about as long as a driveway and then drops off a cliff. It makes landing a taking of a real adventure.

This is the river we followed up to the mountains. The water is actually glacier water from the Khumbu Glacier located next? to Mt. Everest.

Here I am taking a few moments to catch my breath. Base Camp has only 1/3 the amount of oxygen that is at sea level. The white stuff you see behind me are clouds. I must admit, it’s cool to walk through the clouds.

Two of my teamates cross one of the many bridges that cover the Khumbu region.

Here you can see our lodge at Dingboche with the amazing view in the back. It was here that I was hit with altitude sickness for three days, but after a good rest I was able to press on.

I woke up one morning in Dingboche and saw this beautiful mountain looking down at me.

The Himalayas breaking through the clouds.

Mt. Ama Dablem, considered by many the most beauitiful mountain in the Himalayas. Her beauty was breath taking.

One of many yak trains we had to battle to get to Everest

Mt. Everest has two large mountains on either side of her. Some joking call these her “body guards”. The large mountain you see on the right is one of these; Nuptse (25,791ft.)

Come back tomorrow and you will see the second set of my journey; my arrival at Mt. Everest.