Valerio Massimo Everest Expedition 2009

After some last minute shopping in Namche on Thursday, including browsing alongside a horse (see picture below), we trekked over the brow of the hill to to Khumjung, the second largest village in the Khumbu, at just under 3,800 meters.   Khumjung is where a lot of the original work done by the charity I […]

My turn for a very quick note, as Valerio’s stuck without a connection in Khumjung. While Valerio’s been gallivanting around playing with his satellite phone and (to paraphrase Paul- shout out #1) curling his eyelashes at various hill stations on the way to Base Camp, I’ve been continuing to gather all the things he still needs here in London and […]

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