Why am I going on this trek?
I started thinking about this trip several years ago when I finished watching Everest: Beyond the Limit on the Discovery channel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
I then got more serious about it when I finished reading Conrad Anker's book, The Lost Explorer to my then 10 year old son. Conrad lives in Bozeman, MT where I went to college and grew up. I met him once and have always been inspired by his story about losing his best friend and climbing partner Alex Lowe in an avalanche and eventually marrying his wife and adopting his kids. He recently was a part of a campaign for the National Park's 100th anniversary and made a very cool IMAX movie:
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Conrad has always talked about the peace and harmony of the Himalayan Buddhist culture which has become something I want to experience first hand.
The last straw for me was thinking about my life and that starting in 2020, every summer for years to come will be consumed with boy scout high adventure camping trips that I'll be going on with both of my sons. I wanted to do my own, personal high adventure camp. Seeing Everest through my own camera lens became a private obsession of mine.
I stumbled across this video and my fate was sealed:
https://youtu.be/TL2zRRYHA8c
I then made the mistake of telling my long time friend Donnie Barnes about this idea and was somewhat surprised (but actually not at the same time) when he said this is something he could get excited about. I thought I almost killed this for him when I told him that you pretty much have to become a vegetarian for 3 weeks to avoid any unpleasant GI issues while in country. He overcame his personal battle with that concept and here we are.
I want to accomplish this trip as a testament to the force of human will to accomplish something that is hard, to show my boys that you can go anywhere in life. One foot in front of the other. Exist as a part of the world, not to consume the world.
That's my story and my motivation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
I then got more serious about it when I finished reading Conrad Anker's book, The Lost Explorer to my then 10 year old son. Conrad lives in Bozeman, MT where I went to college and grew up. I met him once and have always been inspired by his story about losing his best friend and climbing partner Alex Lowe in an avalanche and eventually marrying his wife and adopting his kids. He recently was a part of a campaign for the National Park's 100th anniversary and made a very cool IMAX movie:
https://
Conrad has always talked about the peace and harmony of the Himalayan Buddhist culture which has become something I want to experience first hand.
The last straw for me was thinking about my life and that starting in 2020, every summer for years to come will be consumed with boy scout high adventure camping trips that I'll be going on with both of my sons. I wanted to do my own, personal high adventure camp. Seeing Everest through my own camera lens became a private obsession of mine.
I stumbled across this video and my fate was sealed:
https://youtu.be/TL2zRRYHA8c
I then made the mistake of telling my long time friend Donnie Barnes about this idea and was somewhat surprised (but actually not at the same time) when he said this is something he could get excited about. I thought I almost killed this for him when I told him that you pretty much have to become a vegetarian for 3 weeks to avoid any unpleasant GI issues while in country. He overcame his personal battle with that concept and here we are.
I want to accomplish this trip as a testament to the force of human will to accomplish something that is hard, to show my boys that you can go anywhere in life. One foot in front of the other. Exist as a part of the world, not to consume the world.
That's my story and my motivation.
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