After leaving Mammoth and the June Lake loop we drove route 120 to the Tioga Pass, 9,943 ft; a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the highest highway pass in CA. It serves as the eastern entrance for Yosemite National Park during the summer months. Tioga is named after Tioga Mine, and Tioga…
Category: 2014
Convict Lake Near Bishop CA
May 14th…Finally back on the road again. We left San Diego and drove north to Bishop, CA on Hwy 395 which was beautiful, no traffic and spectacular scenery. This is what RVing is all about! We stayed at the Highlands RV Park in Bishop. On the morning of May 15th we started the day at Erick…
Trek Day 13-Pheriche to Kathmandu
We woke to the sounds of yak bells going by the Lodge on their way up the trail at sunrise. At 6:45am Phor Temba knocked on the door to collect our bags while we went to breakfast. It’s hard to believe that we won’t be trekking anymore. We walked outside at 8am and waited for…
Trek Day 12-Day Lobuche to Pheriche
This is our final hiking day, can’t believe that this wonderful journey in the Khumbu Region is coming to an end for us. As we were getting dressed our thoughts were with Kevin, Ake, Brad, and B-1 with Tashi as they attempt their ascent of Mt Lobuche using their ropes,crampons and ice picks. Their climb…
Trek Day 11-Day Everest Base Camp to Lobuche
We woke up at sunrise as the sun warmed our tent, it was 20 degrees last night. We packed our bags getting ready to leave Base Camp and had breakfast at 8am. It was the last time the team would be together. We took lots of photos before saying farewell. Panuru and the other Sherpas…
Trek Day 10-Day at Everest Base Camp
Never imagined that we would be sleeping at Everest Base Camp, on the Khumbu Glacier at 17,650 ft, the highest we have ever stayed at over night. We borrowed Kevin’s -40 and -30 degree sleeping bags, so we were warm and cozy inside the tent. However, getting up in the middle of the night to…
Trek Day 9-Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp
We woke up at 4:30AM, I can’t believe we are up this early to climb Kala Patthar, it even snowed last night, there is at least 3 inches of fresh snow everywhere. We were already to leave at 5AM to begin our climb in the early morning light. The ascent up Kala Patthar makes it’s…
Trek Day 8-Lobuche to Gorak Shep
At 5:30am I woke up when Kevin, B-1, Ake and Panuru were leaving to climb up to Lobuche Advanced Base Camp. It was so cold I climbed back into my sleeping bag to keep warm, it was freezing in our room. We eventually got up at 7:30am and went into the dining room for breakfast…
Trek Day 7-Dingboche to Lobuche
Today we are heading for Lobuche, 16,108ft, the terrain is very sparse now, as we are above the tree line. Our team split up to go in two different directions, but still arriving in Lobuche later today. Ake, Brad and Kevin are hiking over a pass called Kongma La, 18,159ft, that will take them about…
Trek Day 6-Dingboche
We are staying at the Peak 38 View Lodge in Dingboche with wonderful views of the surrounding mountains for two nights, and today is a ‘rest day’ to help with acclimatization. We still went for a hike! Kevin and the Brads, Ake and Panuru left at 7am to climb Nangkar Tshang, 16,500 ft. Bob and…