If you’ve considered making the trip to Namche, Nepal and up to Base Camp, it’s well worth watching this new 1hr documentary produced and directed by Brian and Hank Leukart.
The boys had a fair bit of trouble with illness.
… “Need a helicopter ride to Lukla? For $250, I’ll take you right now,” he says quietly, in perfect English.
Brian and I are apprehensive. We consult Lonely Planet’s Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, which tells us: “Be aware of the poor safety record of helicopter travel in Nepal — Everest Base Camp is strewn with the wreckage of lost aircraft.” But, then, we also discover a long sidebar in the same book detailing the numerous crashes of Twin Otter airplanes to Lukla, a flight for which we already have tickets. While we’re trying to decide what to do, we meet another waiting trekker, who also happens to be a helicopter pilot.
“Well, the helicopter is probably just as safe as the plane you’re planning to take — which is, to say, not very safe,” he tells us. “I’d probably do it if I had the money.” …
read more – Without Baggage – mission everest: a tale of two brothers.
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