And so it begins…

The trip has officially started! My good friend Heather was nice enough to bring me over to Sea-Tac International and the good folks at the USO were nice enough to let me spend a few hours there before my flight leaves. My routing takes me to Frankfurt, Germany (on a 747 for the first time!) where I will spend 5 hours then its on to Delhi, India. I get in just after midnight and don’t leave for Kathmandu until the next morning so I’m hoping to catch a few hours of sleep at the airport. Once I get to the hotel in Nepal on Thursday afternoon (6 April) I’ll post an update about the travels to the other side of the world.

Thanks again to everyone for the well wishes. It’s such a powerful feeling knowing I’ve got so many people thinking about me and joining me on this trip through the blog. Feel free to send updates on your lives or notes of encouragement through the “Contact” link above or just comment on any of my posts (any message from the contact page will go straight to my email). It will be nice to stay connected to you all back home over the next two months.

Finally, its worth saying that no news tends to be good news as it pertains to Everest. Wifi can be spotty and GPS tracking equipment can malfunction or the batteries freeze. So if its a few days between updates or if I’m live tracking on a particular day and the dot stops moving between camps please don’t assume the worst. I am likely just as frustrated as you that I can’t update you all :-p As a backup for information you can check out the daily Everest posts on International Mountain Guides’ page: IMG Everest 2017. They are the guiding outfit I have partnered with for this climb. And with that I’m off to Nepal. Thanks again for the support!

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