27/3/02

HOLY SHIT!!! We’re in the f’ucking Himalayas!!!!

Just a very quick note as we are in the most remote expensive and slow internet cafe in the whole world…

We made it through the foothills of the Himalayas yesterday after 7 days of trekking, so we have joined the normal trekking route now…

We survived walking through the Moaist (terrorist) country without incident and the only danger we faced was from the yaks and avril picking up a giardia tummy bug.

We are currently in a place called Namche Bazaar at 3440m and we got some awesome views of Everest today on an acclimatisation walk

We are heading up towards Everest Base Camp tomorrow… should take us 14 days to acclimatise to the 5440m at Mt Kala Patar overlooking the base camp.

Expecting minus 15 degrees…weather is mixed but today is nice and sunny…no avalanches in this area so we are out of the danger zone except for the altitude. Continue reading →

17 march 2002

Namaste dudes and dudettes

We are currently weathering out a nasty thunderstorm in a cybercafe in Katmandu so thought it would be a good chance to send a group email and let you know how we are doing…

Katmandu so far has been an amazing and FREAKY place…

The town is filthy, smelly and crowded. The pollution is thick, and just the ride from the airport was enough to scare the shit out of us…

The streets are incredibly narrow and as there are no footpaths, you are forever dodging cars and rickshaws and motorcycles whilst trying to avoid the touts that want to sell you tiger balm or trekking guides…

But somehow, the place has charm and the people as hassling as they are, are genuinely lovely, and there is no McDonalds here which is great…

Before arriving here we had some reservations over safety as there is a state of emergency that has been called due to a civil war with some Moaist (communist) militants… Continue reading →

Thursday, 14 March 2002 6:03

Hi there to all you crazy funsters

Just a note to let you know that we are on our way to Nepal tonight…YAY!!!!!!

Our plan is to get to Everest Base Camp at 5,500m if avalanches, terrorists, altitude sickness, yeti’s or
yaks don’t get us first!

We’ve been training our arses off and since we’ve both lost about 4kg, we can now honestly say that our arses probably weigh about 4kg…

We will probably be out of touch on email for a while as it is about a 3 week walk into Base Camp and we’ll probably bum around up there for a while. Continue reading →