Nepal: Quick Facts From The Trail

- Lee & Betsy spent 5 full continuous days above 14,000ft in the Everest Region

- A Yak is a male, but did you know a female is actually called a Nak?

- We reached the summit of Kala Pattar on Nov 10th. This is 18,200ft high. At this altitude there is less than 50% oxygen of sea level.

- We hiked over 200 miles in 18 days in the Anapurna Region.

- A porter carries up to 70lbs and is paid about $3 per day.

- Everest Base Camp (17,160ft) is actually located on top of the Khumbu Glacier. There is nothing there more than the wreckage of 2 helicopters and piles of rocks.

- We estimate that less than 40% of trekkers actually are successful in making it to Kala Patthar due to injury and acute mountain sickness.

- Lee hiked 28 of 31 days in Nepal in tennis shoes and sandals due to an deep bone bruise on the ankle that prevented him from wearing boots.

- In the high Himilaya people burn Yak dung in their stoves to heat their houses since no trees can survice at that altitude. Yak dung is of course primarily grass.

- Mt. Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali, which means "Mother Earth". It is 29,035ft high.

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