http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog Trekking Nepal Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:31:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don’t know which piece of good news to share with your first. I guess I’ll postpone some of my self-promotion and give you an update on our good friend Pema. He keeps himself busy from fall to spring hiking the steep Khumbu trails of his home neighborhood in Nepal ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/06/20/some-good-news.html Utah is definitely going through its awkward phase in the change from winter to spring. The metaphor for the development phases in a person’s life is pretty obvious since the teenage years act out a brief tantrum of horrifying thunder and rebellious destruction. Once it passes the weather is sunny ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/04/05/in-like-a-lion.html Are you spontaneous like me when it comes to adjusting your day’s plans, or your lifetime destiny for that matter? Let me clarify a little; I’m a Space Cadet when it comes to making a plan and I’ve just adapted to being very flexible and minimally invested in setting my ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/30/last-minute-travel-plans.html With the superlative and singular terrain of Nepal it seems that casually trekking amid the jagged mountains is pretty pedestrian. There are certainly enough thrill seekers fueled on high horsepower trucks and death-defying adrenaline rushes that can make good use of Nepal’s extreme geography. Apart from the degree of personal ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/28/adrenaline-made-in-nepal.html This past summer I had a bit of a brush with ‘celebrity’ when Pema introduced me to his good friend Dale Covington. When I first heard that name I dreaded for a moment that I was going get stuck in a conversation about some form of Seven Habits, but ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/22/seven-habits-of-paragliding.html Back in the early days of this blog I mentioned how important it was to break in and test your boots before setting out on an extended hike. Rich Christiansen, our CEO (Chief Enthusiast of the Outdoors) passed on an old pair of boots to me that carried me through ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/20/boot-pmcs.html Let’s say the symptoms of spring fever suddenly flare up on you when you’ve got a free day. You dig into the back corner of your closet where you last remember seeing your boots and hiking gear, and lace up and cram in a few things into your daypack. At ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/18/remember-its-still-cold-out.html We were so amazed and thrilled with the sights and unexpected experiences every day along our trek, and we wanted to be ready with our cameras and laptops to record all the details. Rich and Cody slung out their digital cameras with every adorable Sherpa child and lumbering yak we ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/13/backpack-solar-panels.html Our Sherpa guide and dear friend Pema Dorje Sherpa sends his cheery regards from Nepal and he’s very excited for the new trekking season that is building up now. Pema is a vastly experience expedition and trekking Sirdar from countless adventures through the high mountains of his home country and ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/10/ask-pema.html There I was, flapping in the frigid wind and clutching to a chunky boulder, my jaw gaping in amazement at my personal view of Mt. Everest. That’s one (melodramatic) way to describe the pinnacle of our journey trekking through the Himalayas last fall. To be honest, I didn’t get a ... http://www.sherpatrek.com/weblog/2006/03/08/photo-op.html