Lunatic fringe - Webster's- "A member of a usually political or social movement espousing extreme, eccentric or fanatical views."
This blog is not political, but rather is being started as a place to go for information on my Christmas 2008 Nepal trek. I am not sure you would consider it lunatic. But as my trekking partner Jim Wolff described it's "the extreme, extreme, extreme Everest trek."
One hundred and eighty six miles with 17 thousand feet of gain, NOT counting all the ups and downs, just counting the village to village altitudes. We will climb to over 18 thousand feet three times on the Trek.
Why go on this Trek at all? It has always been on my life list of must do's. But I was inspired by the death of Sir Edmund Hillary (with his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay the first to summit Everest) to go now. Sir Hillary decided after receiving so much help and forming many bonds with the people of the Himalayas to found the Himalayan foundation .They help the local people, build bridges, medical clinics, the Lukla airport, etc. I decided to find a worthy charity to support to do my small part to help the country I planned to visit. That is when I learned of the American Himalayan foundation. Sir Hillary was a board member. RR
