Valerio Massimo Everest Expedition 2009

Valerio just called me on a very stormy line to say he’s finally made it to Everest Base Camp and will be posting as soon as he can get some sunshine for the solar energy panels. It’s an auspicious day as he also called to say Happy Anniversary to me… definitely one to remember!

So Valerio is cosying up in his first night in his tent (which he referred to delightedly as ‘heaven’- not a great sign of the quality of the teahouses I’ll be staying in on my trek) at Lobuche.  They arrived at this ‘second base camp’ yesterday after trekking from Dingboche through a late-season snowstorm. They’ll head over to Russell’s main […]

Yesterday morning we left Tengboche, at 3,950 meters, to move up to Dingboche, at 4,400 meters.  Tengboche is famous for its monastery, where all expeditions to Everest are blessed for good luck by the local Llama.  The Llama performed a simple ceremony and we were each given scarves, which most people tied to their rucksacks.  […]