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Everest Base Camp – Part 2

Click Everest Base Camp – Part 1 if you want to read from the beginning. Day 4 we trek again! After a full day of recovery enjoying the storm from the comfort of lovely Namche Bazaar we get to do an acclimation hike to Everest View Hotel. It’s an elevation gain of 440m (1440ft) and […]

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Everest Base Camp – Part 1

I have dreamed about doing the trek to Everest Base Camp for 13 years! Since that infamous milestone climb up Kilimajaro just before I turned 50, a trip that changed my life, I have put Nepal as my ultimate challenge adventure. Well, 2025 became the year! It wasn’t planned but it was always in the […]

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Where One Harmless Goal Led Me

It’s 1:53am in Canada, I’m dealing with jet lag and now we seem to have also forced our dog into jet lag mode as well. Charlie put his nose in my face and let me know this was a potentially urgent situation as he woke me from my sleepy lull. A beautiful brisk Fall night […]

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The Trail Ahead

Equal parts scared and excited! Soon myself and My Adventure buddy will spend a month walking 700km around PEI on the new #IslandWalk also now being referred to as the #CanadianCamino This is my chosen milestone challenge as I approach 60 in a few months. I love stretching myself, I’ve learned to step into things that scare me. […]