An Incredible Journey

We just arrived from Hong Kong late yesterday from the middle of the monsoon in rural Nepal in the foothills near Everest where we were building a hospital to help local farm families stay on their land and be good environmental stewards, rather than migrating to the slums of Kathmandu. On our service trek we were working with www.MountEverestFoundation.org .

Before that we had a "successful" spring season climbing Mount Everest from Nepal, the world's highest summit and also the fourth highest mountain in the world, Lhotse. We are honoured to say that both expeditions placed members on top and send our congratulations and thanks to all of those who were involved.

In addition, our expedition to Everest from Tibet was also successful, placing 11 of 13 members and 8 sherpas on the summit. The weather this season was surprisingly good, and our teams benefitted from the good weather and the high quality of the people involved. Our best congratulations and thanks go out to everyone who helped.

However, the season was not without its downside, as there were 8 people from other
teams killed, including the most famous Nepalese woman climber, who died in a tragic fall from just below the summit. We send our our deepest condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues.

Thanks for watching our mountain expeditions and charitable endeavors this year at
www.summitclimb.com/news and http://heroesforhumanitydanmazureverest.blogspot.com

Bye, Bye for now.

Dan
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