40.06 Nepal. A selection of photographs and text from the trail to and from Everest Base (boot) Camp.
'A horse of a different color'. After a snow day we return to enjoy the sunset. And it was serene and calming. The yaks keep on going...what a life. Jen on the outside, climbs a tough one. Sometimes you can feel another's strain and pain. Would we ever have thought we'd be sitting in Kathmandu, watching a storm with flashes of blue light bathing the night sky and illuminating the tall buildings close-by and surrounding mountains in the distance while rain washed the dusty roads clean or at least, made them less dirty than they were hours earlier. Since returning to this unusual but colorful city from the high-mountains, we've been able to rest, slow our pace to a level I cannot recall in a long while. We exercise vigorously on most days of the year but over the last couple, a climb to the 5th floor apartment, a few times per day, is it. I have not felt less guilty about our inactivity ever before; perhaps when Jenni gave birth to our 3 children ...