Suburban Sherpa

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http://amzn.to/101eZMN Published? On Amazon? Who Me? Special thanks to Marilyn Black for introducing me to Gaye Mack  (www.GayeMack.com)...

Several people have asked me if I'm happy to be healthy again, now that I'm back. Although the cough is still lingering, it is not u...

I do love my 5:30 a.m. Spin class at the gym! Love, love, love the energetic instructor Leslie. But when she screamed at the class to put ou...

"There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, Ive got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they...

Tibetan prayer flags we had blessed by the lama in Tengboche

Maybe its best summed up by Sir George Leigh Mallory who actually summited Mt. Everest... "So, if you cannot understand that there...

2500 trekkers are currently stranded in Lukla, Nepal because bad weather has not allowed flights in or out! http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Worl...

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Found the hot chocolate in the imports section. Almost as good as when the sherpas make it in Nepal! Now...if I could only find my other fri...

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My friend Chris got his very own article! http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_71b47020-a5fd-5770-a6d4-52dfcd431127.html And, my friend Jo...

"The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul." --Khalil Gibran After my face cracked, peeled and bled at 18,000 feet f...

I lucked out and had a whole row to myself on the flight from Seoul to Chicago. Directly across the aisle from the 3 year old who played wit...

A picture of my hotel room at Seoul Incheon Airport. It's IN the airport- you do not have to even go thru immigration/customs if you hav...

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5 am wakeup today with packed bags by 545. As usual, RamKaji and Sila (photo) gave the wakeup knock on the door with our morning tea. O...

Im not sure why this one posted out of order but it is an awful photo from our dinner last night. Steak an...

Take off and landing can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/colinstump?blend=1&ob=5#p/u/0/Rq_S_vAsiuo Sent via BlackBerry by AT...

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Celebrating our descent to Lukla. We shared a meal with the entire staff and presented them with their gratuities. Later in the evening we t...

Its not an actual franchise, checkout the mountain in the logo. But the latte was good! Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Ok its not actually an authorized franchise. Check out the mountain in its logo: Its Ama Dablam! In protest, I wasn't actually going to ...

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Last night was pretty cold for being at a lower altitude and I shivered most of the night. Our room ...

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Yak steak, bok choy, pizza and fries. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Kind of like pork rinds. Umm interesting taste. Tonight they are accompanying tomato soup. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Nepali Flats is the term our guide uses when describing a hilly climb..uppppppp....downnnnnn....upppppp....downnn...Im not sure there was ev...

As if I still had an inkling of desire left to return to Everest someday, it disappeared completely yesterday on our descen...

After a grueling 3 hour hike from the teahouse in Gorak Sh...

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