Today, everyone woke up eager hoping that we might get a view of Everest. I walked outside to eat breakfast, and I could not spot a single cloud in the sky. I could feel the excitement rising in our group as the boys rushed everyone to finish packing and get out onto the trail. Poor...
Our Peru crew sent a short message via satellite phone that they have reached Cuncani, the first stop on their trek. They will spend the next 2 days there working alongside the Llama Pack Project in environmental conservation-oriented activities with children. As communication is limited from the satellite phone, there will only be occasional updates...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text letter_spacing=””]Starting off the day, we traveled to a few monasteries, Lhamo Tse and Dotje Drek, that were close to the hotel in which we spent the night. These monasteries were incredibly interesting, but I’d like to take a moment to describe one moment in particular. As we left our first monastery, sheep wool that monks...