The Rest of Everest

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Episode 017: Weighi...
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05:56:20 08/10/06

Things Are Getting Heavy. Climbing Everest is not like a typical backpacking trip. We have so much gear and food that you can almost hear the mountain groan under ...

Episode 017: Weighing The Expedition

Added 08/10/06
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Episode 017: Weighing The Expedition

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Things Are Getting Heavy. Climbing Everest is not like a typical backpacking trip. We have so much gear and food that you can almost hear the mountain groan under our weight. This is pretty much par for the course. Imagine packing up everything you own and moving it to a gravel pit in the middle [...]

Episode 016: Puja P...
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05:53:44 08/03/06

Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occa...

Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

Added 08/03/06
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Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

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Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occasional rager, but we really kicked it Tibetan style on this one. Immediately after the puja finished, the Sherpa guys brought out a few trays of [...]

Episode 016: Puja P...
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05:53:44 08/03/06

Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occa...

Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

Added 08/03/06
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Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

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Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occasional rager, but we really kicked it Tibetan style on this one. Immediately after the puja finished, the Sherpa guys brought out a few trays of [...]

Episode 016: Puja P...
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05:53:44 08/03/06

Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occa...

Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

Added 08/03/06
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Episode 016: Puja Party and More Packing

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Party Over Here. With our Everest puja concluded, we finished things off with a party the likes of which I’d never seen before. Really, I’m no stranger to the occasional rager, but we really kicked it Tibetan style on this one. Immediately after the puja finished, the Sherpa guys brought out a few trays of [...]

Episode 015: The Puja
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05:51:11 07/27/06

Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived f...

Episode 015: The Puja

Added 07/27/06
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Episode 015: The Puja

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Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived from the Rongbuk Monastery down the valley to conduct the ceremony. They began by creating several intricate sculptures out of yak butter and tsampa, a roasted barley flour. Once [...]

Episode 015: The Puja
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05:51:11 07/27/06

Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived f...

Episode 015: The Puja

Added 07/27/06
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Episode 015: The Puja

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Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived from the Rongbuk Monastery down the valley to conduct the ceremony. They began by creating several intricate sculptures out of yak butter and tsampa, a roasted barley flour. Once [...]

Episode 015: The Puja
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05:51:11 07/27/06

Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived f...

Episode 015: The Puja

Added 07/27/06
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Episode 015: The Puja

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Asking Everest’s Permission. This afternoon we had our Puja ceremony to try and get the mountain’s blessing before beginning the climb. A couple of monks arrived from the Rongbuk Monastery down the valley to conduct the ceremony. They began by creating several intricate sculptures out of yak butter and tsampa, a roasted barley flour. Once [...]

Episode 014: Callin...
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05:47:56 07/20/06

Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Appar...

Episode 014: Calling Karma

Added 07/20/06
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Episode 014: Calling Karma

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Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Apparently Major’s doing fine, but it was difficult for me to follow a one-sided telephone conversation in Nepali. Lhawang placed the call and [...]

Episode 014: Callin...
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05:47:56 07/20/06

Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Appar...

Episode 014: Calling Karma

Added 07/20/06
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Episode 014: Calling Karma

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Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Apparently Major’s doing fine, but it was difficult for me to follow a one-sided telephone conversation in Nepali. Lhawang placed the call and [...]

Episode 014: Callin...
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05:47:56 07/20/06

Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Appar...

Episode 014: Calling Karma

Added 07/20/06
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Episode 014: Calling Karma

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Can You Hear Me Now? Ben has brought a satellite phone with him to Everest, and we were able to call Karma back in Kathmandu to get a status report on Major. Apparently Major’s doing fine, but it was difficult for me to follow a one-sided telephone conversation in Nepali. Lhawang placed the call and [...]

Episode 013: Constr...
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05:45:13 07/13/06

Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This al...

Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

Added 07/13/06
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Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

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Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This alter will be used in our blessing ceremony, or Puja, in a few days’ time. I’ve seen images and small snippets of video from pujas but [...]

Episode 013: Constr...
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05:45:13 07/13/06

Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This al...

Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

Added 07/13/06
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Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

[LESS INFO] 33 VIEWS | ADDED 05:45:13 07/13/06
Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This alter will be used in our blessing ceremony, or Puja, in a few days’ time. I’ve seen images and small snippets of video from pujas but [...]

Episode 013: Constr...
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05:45:13 07/13/06

Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This al...

Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

Added 07/13/06
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Episode 013: Construction and Conversation

[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 05:45:13 07/13/06
Heavy Lifting. Well, Major left Everest Base Camp yesterday and we have no idea how he’s doing. In the meantime, we’ve begun building a stupa for our camp. This alter will be used in our blessing ceremony, or Puja, in a few days’ time. I’ve seen images and small snippets of video from pujas but [...]

Episode 012: A Majo...
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05:41:55 07/06/06

Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’...

Episode 012: A Major Problem

Added 07/06/06
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Episode 012: A Major Problem

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Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’s food, Major lay in his sleeping bag in the Dome and lapses in and out of sleep. He can barely move and you can tell his [...]

Episode 012: A Majo...
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05:41:55 07/06/06

Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’...

Episode 012: A Major Problem

Added 07/06/06
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Episode 012: A Major Problem

[LESS INFO] 17 VIEWS | ADDED 05:41:55 07/06/06
Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’s food, Major lay in his sleeping bag in the Dome and lapses in and out of sleep. He can barely move and you can tell his [...]

Episode 012: A Majo...
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05:41:55 07/06/06

Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’...

Episode 012: A Major Problem

Added 07/06/06
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Episode 012: A Major Problem

[LESS INFO] 35 VIEWS | ADDED 05:41:55 07/06/06
Altitude is the Wildcard. Today was a difficult one. Overnight Major has become too ill to stay at Everest. As the sherpas begin to organize all of the expedition’s food, Major lay in his sleeping bag in the Dome and lapses in and out of sleep. He can barely move and you can tell his [...]

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Episode 017: Weighing The Expedition

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Episode 017: Weighing The Expedition
08/10/06

Things Are Getting Heavy. Climbing Everest is not like a typical backpacking trip. We have so much gear and food that you can almost hear the mountain groan under our weight. This is pretty much par for the course. Imagine packing up everything you own and moving it to a gravel pit in the middle [...]