Jerry is the Second guide for a team of 9 clients working with Lead Guide Mal Haskins (Vertical Resources ) in collaboration with Jagged Globe on the Cholatse 2016 Expedition. Guiding at any altitude requires taking complete responsibility for your clients lives in dangerous environments. So one has to have complete confidence in one’s own […]
We’ve left the busier trails behind and and are now at Machermo which is on the Gokyo lakes trail. It seems most groups are going up to EBC and then to Gokyo via the Cho Lha. On the way to Mong Lha and Dole we took the locals steep trail which goes up through a […]
After the hussle and bustle of Kathmandu it’s been relaxing and calm to get the crew on the way towards Cholatse. Everybody on the team is quite experienced at high altitude trips and seem to manage themselves really well. Simple things like good pacing – drinking plenty of fluid and enjoying a good laugh! We […]
The last few days – as usual for expeditions have been busy with final logistics and prep. Now that is all completed and the team arrives were moving into packing duffles bags with climbing equipment for them to be shifted to Basecamp, allowing us to just be doing easy trekking with very little gear – […]