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What a great day! My four-year-old nephew and I headed up to Yankee Stadium for a game. The kid loves the Yankees and knows so much about them. He was a little shocked that I knew so little. “Come on, Torry. You know what A-Rod is trying to do.” He had to explain to me that [...] 
I’m pulling out all the stops to jump start my training! My friend Andy is riding the Tour de Cure to raise money for diabetes research and education. Instead of giving him a donation, I decided to join his riding team. We’re going to do a 35-mile ride on June 19th. Yep, 35 miles. My bike [...] I have to admit it, today was pretty terrific. I closed the loop on a bunch of small projects that had just been hanging out there until I had “time to finish them.” Unfortunately, not all of my chores are done, but I feel pretty good nonetheless. I guess that’s why people like to get away from [...] I had a 6:30 AM flight to a spa in Miami this morning with an upgrade into first class. Only one problem, my fab, going- to-South Beach pedi and I forgot to wake up. “No prob, take a later flight,” you say. Great idea, except it’s Memorial Day Weekend and “that ain’t happening” according to JoAnn [...] Yesterday was my 50th birthday. I’m now a card-carrying member of AARP. That hardly seems possible. I really don’t feel 50…whatever that feels like. Sure, my knees hurt most of the time and the thought of going to an all-night party makes me laugh…but, 50. Nope. Maybe 40. But, definitely not 50. I’m not quite sure [...] Day 16 – Namche/Lukla Head back towards the trailhead at Lukla, bidding farewell to this incredible setting, the villages and the people of the Khumbu hills and valleys. Make your final climb into Lukla. Approx. trekking time: 6 to 7 hours Day 17 – Lukla/Kathmandu The flight out offers a final opportunity for an aerial view of these mighty [...] Day 14 – Loboje/Pangboche (12,956 ft.) Heading down now, the going is easier and the pace faster. Descending via Pheriche to Pangboche. Approx. trekking time: 5 to 6 hours. Day 15 – Pangboche/Namche This morning we climb to upper Pangboche, where the oldest monastery of Khumbu is located. We’ll keep on high trail following the west bank of Imza [...] Day 13 – Gorak Shep/Everest Base Camp (17,500 ft.)/Loboje Today is the culmination of your journey — the day you reach Everest base camp. Soon after departing Gorak Shep, leave the moraines behind and follow the streams of the glacier. Directly before you is the great Khumbu Icefall, a slow tumble of ice boulders spilling out [...] Day 12 – Loboje/Kala Patthar (18,192 ft.)/Gorak Shep (16,404 ft.) An early start takes the team along a rough path beside the Khumbu Glacier to the tea shacks at Gorak Shep. From there, climb for approximately two hours, surrounded by a crown of peaks including Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Changtse and Ama Dablam. Stop at the top [...] Day 11 – Pheriche/Loboje (16,177 ft.) Now we are right up among the high peaks and closing in on our goal: Everest base camp, the setting-off point for all the ascents of the world’s tallest mountain. We take the flat trail through Phulangkarpo Pasteur and up to Dughla, breathing in the views of Tawoche and Cholatse. After [...] |
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