Archive for July, 2010
Hope for the Nations is starting a new project in Nepal. Nick Arkle, the Chair of the Himalayan Section of Hope for the Nations, visited a remote corner of the Solokhumbu Region and discovered the need a residence for girls attending school in the Taksindu region. The walk from home to school is several hours over [ READ MORE ]
The High Hope Pethangtse blog was created to enable family and friends to keep track of our expedition, and to publicize our fund raising efforts for Hope for the Nations. Now more than a year since it was first created, the blog is shifing it’s focus to High Hope Expeditions and a new project with [ READ MORE ]
Dawa Geljen Sherpa and Adventure Thamserku are extending their reach into North America by appointing David Graham as the North American representative. David has created HIGH HOPE EXPEDITIONS to provide personalized assistance to trekkers, climbers and cultural tourists in Nepal, seemlessly linking North Americans to Adventure Thamserku and their excellent support services across Nepal. HIGH [ READ MORE ]
I lead a small group of stalwarts up Rainier last weekend. One of our team was absolutely flattened by AMS between 8000 and 9000 feet. It’s a vivid reminder that you don’t have to be at extreme altitudes to experience the sickness or dangers of AMS. Jim was experiencing vomiting, severe weakness and dizziness and [ READ MORE ]
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