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Get It India!: Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Thursday, November 15, 2007. Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal. Home of the big mountains. Some of them you can get half way up with a ladder though. But it was straight back onto the trails, yaks and all. After 7 days of walking I reached Gorak Shep, a collection of 4 lodges at 5100m. Thankf...
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Get It India!: November 2007
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Thursday, November 22, 2007. See you later Nepal, I've had a blast. I'll be back soon I think (hope). Links to this post. Monday, November 19, 2007. Like Ricky Ponting, sir? Yeah, like him.'. In the second innings I got my eye in quickly and paddled around a quick 40-odd, mainly because my pride was dest...
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Get It India!: September 2007
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Sunday, September 30, 2007. Captain Gore-Tex, ready for a mountain. The road from the border to Kathmandu followed this river for about 4 hours. Standard Nepalese landslide clean up operation. Public burning ghat on the Ganges River, Varanasi. The body is wrapped in gold foil at the water's edge. We arri...
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Get It India!: October 2007
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. To all the gentlemen taking part in the coming month's facial hair festivities, I wish you the best of luck. I've got a bit of a head start on the 'ol soup strainer. Hopefully it'll keep me warm up the mountain. Links to this post. Off Again - Mt Everest and Island Peak. Links ...
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Get It India!: Happy MO-vember
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. To all the gentlemen taking part in the coming month's facial hair festivities, I wish you the best of luck. I've got a bit of a head start on the 'ol soup strainer. Hopefully it'll keep me warm up the mountain. Stay safe and can't wait to here more! November 4, 2007 at 8:32 AM.
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Get It India!: Mt Everest Base Camp
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Thursday, November 15, 2007. Mt Everest Base Camp. I've never been to the moon, but I imagine it's somewhat like the Mt Everest Base Camp, and the Khumbu Glacier running up to that point. Bottom of the Top of The World! That's not Everest behind me, it's the teasingly named, 'Lo La'). There was one exped...
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Get It India!: Back To India
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Thursday, November 22, 2007. See you later Nepal, I've had a blast. I'll be back soon I think (hope). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Reckon I'll fit in? So I'm going to India. It should be a lot of fun so I'll try and show you as much as I can here. Enjoy! Email me at stephenrmercer@hotmail.com.
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Get It India!: Off Again - Mt Everest and Island Peak
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Off Again - Mt Everest and Island Peak. This one should be fun. Tomorrow I fly from Kathmandu into Lukla, onto a paddock, I mean. This will be my first taste of proper climbing, and though I've been assured it's 'an easy one' by my sherpa, (a real sherpa! Reckon I'll fit in?
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Get It India!: Island Peak - 6211 metres above sea level
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8220;Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”. Thursday, November 15, 2007. Island Peak - 6211 metres above sea level. Stephen Mercer: Mountaineer. I'd like to thank my sponsor, Lolly Burgess, for knitting my scarf and beanie. It's not so bad,' says my sherpa, Dawa. Do you think I'll make it? Maybe I don't know.'. We trudged over this marshmallow-lan...