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 Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/16/2005 : 5:02 PM
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| Sooo Beautiful. Thank you. |
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double-double seeking, snow-chasing, short-cutting, vertical feet collector
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Posted - 05/13/2007 : 9:14 PM
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| what a superb trip report. lovely to read it again, and again. |
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Telkwa
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Posted - 05/13/2007 : 10:35 PM
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Thanks - going back this fall and I can hardly wait! |
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 | LeeL
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Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
2506 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2007 : 10:39 AM
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| kathy and sharon - would you recommend guided or self-guided - self-organized? We have 4 weeks. I am leaning to self-guided as there is much infrastructure but I would like to know more |
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Coquitlam, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/14/2007 : 1:29 PM
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Lee - Just my 2 cents. I did the exact same trip, with the exclusion of Island Peak (http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5945) with 2 friends, and we did it all self-guided. Depending on your comfort level (and you don't need too much considering there are tea houses in most areas), I would highly recommend self-guided. You get much more of the serenity and adventure out of this. In fact, I saw several large crews (20+ people) going on treks there as an adventure package they purchased (some with porters), and I was glad I did not go that route.
Telkwa, beautiful pics by the way  Ahh... memories. And you're right about the flight to Lukla being an adventure in itself... We were delayed several hours because they landed, but refused to let us board because they had to make an "emergency delivery" of flour to a nearby village.. hmm... |
Edited by - Draezn on 05/14/2007 1:33 PM |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/14/2007 : 4:21 PM
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Hi Lee, I echo what Draezn said. We didn't do the Everest trek, but went to Annapurna Base Camp few years ago, and did it as a self-guided trip. The trail was very well traveled, and even though signs were missing few times, you can always ask somebody for directions. Our only concern was the political situation at the time, but it should be much better now that Maoists joined the government. Have fun! When are you going?
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Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
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Posted - 05/14/2007 : 5:06 PM
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| thx radmilla and draezn. We're leaning to next year. Not sure on times and dates yet but definitely the Everest area and definitely leaning to self-guided. It seems so much better to be on your own timetable rather then someone elses. |
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Telkwa
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Posted - 05/14/2007 : 9:03 PM
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Hi Lee
You can do it self guided easily. However, political correctness says you should hire a porter anyway (that doesn't mean guide or a tourgroup). Sharon and I are heading over late September and will be back early NOvember. Taking sort of a different route this time |
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Hope, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 05/16/2007 : 11:52 PM
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Unreal!!! Great report! Thank you for this.  |
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Terminator shade wearing, summit questing, double Grinding, Gordo voting self annointed 'dumb ass' and Aconcagua Bagga who dreams of Robson, Teton, The Judge, and.....and....
Port Moody, B.C
Canada
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Posted - 05/17/2007 : 12:12 AM
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I hadn't seen this report yet. Awesome trip.
This picture is just amazing, makes even the biggest mountain here look like hills in comparision. I can only try to imagine what seeing it for real must be like
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Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
2847 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2007 : 09:31 AM
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Just read it again and I would kill to have been there to take this photo  It's to die for as are a lot of the rest of them. |
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Coquitlam, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/17/2007 : 09:54 AM
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Jeffster, yea, I agree. Even though it's not as high as many of its 7,000m and 8,000m counterparts, Ama Dablam just dominates the skyline there and makes for great photography. A pic of it that I took on my trip:
Another one I really like is Pumo Ri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumori). It just dominates the skyline, and I love this shot because the black "mound" below is the Kala Patthar, which is the highest altitude we gained there. It looks so insignificant compared to Pumo Ri, crazy.
Pumo Ri |
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chocolate lovin, Bailey's slurpin, cold feet hatin', veggie eatin', true Cancerian water lovin', CT smilin', boulder dodgin', nosummitosis survivor
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Posted - 05/17/2007 : 11:00 AM
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Wow! I also just spotted this one. Glad it got bumped. What a treat viewing the photos. Brought back some lovely memories. Those photos of Everst are insanely spectacular!
I also did the Annapurna circuit but would love to go back to see Everest more closely. The Himalaya are so amazing. |
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Quesnel, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/17/2007 : 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by telkwa
Thanks - going back this fall and I can hardly wait!
Your going back in the fall!!!!! I'm jealous!  |
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Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
2847 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2007 : 09:57 AM
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| Hey Q, let me know when you go. I wanna come along for the ride |
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Richmond, B.C
Canada
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Posted - 05/22/2007 : 10:44 PM
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| Thanks for sharing,you have some amazing photos and memories there. |
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Calgary, AB
Canada
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Posted - 05/23/2007 : 06:10 AM
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| Wow, what an amazing place to visit and sounds like you trip had a profound affect on you. Beautiful TR! Any thoughts to trying to climb Everest? |
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Telkwa
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Posted - 05/25/2007 : 07:34 AM
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| I must admit - I would dearly love to try Everest even just through the icefall to get the feeling of such an incredible mountain. Now if a lottery win should come my way... |
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to everest and back - a trekking story
