Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
Nov 12 2024 – Periche to Tengbouche Opted for better the devil you have some familiarity with, in terms of climbs, so basically retracing my steps. I did ponder taking the high trail from Pengbouche to Phortse in reverse of the route I had originally planned to come up, but I opted against it. Monastery …
Nov 10 2024 – Gorak Shep to Lobouche Tonight I’m sleeping in a Himalayan Bond Villain Lair. It’s known informally along the trail as the “Italian Pyramid”, but it’s formal name is “Pyramid International Laboratory-Observatory”. Its story is interesting. 20 something years ago the government of Italy wanted to build a climate monitoring station in …