Tag: trek

  • Namche Bazaar, the Haikus

    Namche Bazaar, the Haikus

    the wait, the long wait a weather-borne tragedy oh my sweet defeat   but then among clouds: helicoptors are the best the timer reset   through the mist and fog a clearing among giants I stand on my feet   we begin at last but, dear air, where did you go? lethargy, no, no!  …

  • Tree Hugger 

    Chronology is someone else’s problem. I’m more a stream of consciousness girl. I’ve already told you about my motivations for going to Everest Base Camp – and then there’s the journey and the preparation for the journey, the gear, the must haves and the never do this. Let’s talk touchy feely preparation. I knew from…

  • Why Nepal and Why Now

    It is hard facing the dark after a beautiful light is so suddenly extinguished and yet Stevie Nicks’ haunting voice rises up to remind me, “there’s a heartbeat and it never really dies.” This, I remind myself as I sit at a funeral of an 18-year-old who’d died so tragically in a car accident a…