It seems that both Damien and I have spent a long time of dreaming about someday trekking in the Himalayas. Well guess what.... we've decided that this is the year we'll make it happen. We're making plans to go during the northern Autumn (September-November) which is the best trekking time.
Why Everest Base Camp?
D: From my earliest thoughts of travel, Mt Everest has always been on the list of places I want to go. I'm not interested just in trekking in the Himalayas. I want to arrive at the base of Everest - obviously I'm not going to climb it, but I want to get there and look up at it just to experience the magnitude of it. I imagine it will feel like I felt standing at the base of the pyramid in Giza, just totally awestruck by it.
For me, getting to Base Camp will be the realisation of a dream. It's something I think my daughter will recognise and be proud of. That means a lot to me.
S: I've always loved mountainous landscapes. I've lived most of my life in flat terrain, so I treasure time spent in the mountains and have passed many an idle hour dreaming over a Peregrine or World Expeditions brochure.
When we stayed in the French Alps for a summer I remember being mesmerised by the tall mountains that lined the lake - La Tournette, Mont Veyrier and Les Dents du Lanfon. Every day that I drove the girls to school it was a struggle to keep my eyes from drifting up to where their silhouette cut across the sky.
I particularly love mountain ranges that extend on and on, devouring a whole landscape as far as the eye can see. It makes you feel so insignificant. Like a speck in the vastness.
There is no other mountain range like the Himalaya. And no other mountain like Everest. I can't wait to see it with my own eyes.
We'll keep a journal of our preparations for the trip - at the moment we're brimming with excitement (well I am anyway!). I want to capture some of that so we can relive it again in years to come.
It seems that both Damien and I have spent a long time of dreaming about someday trekking in the Himalayas. Well guess what.... we've decided that this is the year we'll make it happen. We're making plans to go during the northern Autumn (September-November) which is the best trekking time.
Why Everest Base Camp?
D: From my earliest thoughts of travel, Mt Everest has always been on the list of places I want to go. I'm not interested just in trekking in the Himalayas. I want to arrive at the base of Everest - obviously I'm not going to climb it, but I want to get there and look up at it just to experience the magnitude of it. I imagine it will feel like I felt standing at the base of the pyramid in Giza, just totally awestruck by it.
For me, getting to Base Camp will be the realisation of a dream. It's something I think my daughter will recognise and be proud of. That means a lot to me.
S: I've always loved mountainous landscapes. I've lived most of my life in flat terrain, so I treasure time spent in the mountains and have passed many an idle hour dreaming over a Peregrine or World Expeditions brochure.
When we stayed in the French Alps for a summer I remember being mesmerised by the tall mountains that lined the lake - La Tournette, Mont Veyrier and Les Dents du Lanfon. Every day that I drove the girls to school it was a struggle to keep my eyes from drifting up to where their silhouette cut across the sky.
I particularly love mountain ranges that extend on and on, devouring a whole landscape as far as the eye can see. It makes you feel so insignificant. Like a speck in the vastness.
There is no other mountain range like the Himalaya. And no other mountain like Everest. I can't wait to see it with my own eyes.
We'll keep a journal of our preparations for the trip - at the moment we're brimming with excitement (well I am anyway!). I want to capture some of that so we can relive it again in years to come.