Relative Something

There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of free time in my days of late, but when I can steal a few minutes for leisure reading, I have been following the activity of a current expedition on the mountain that Sherpas call, Sagarmatha, (Mount Everest). I want to give a shout out to the sources of information, daily providing almost real-time reports from the individuals taking part in the adventure.

There are others up there, but the expedition I am watching is co-sponsored by The North Face and National Geographic, with support from Montana State University.

The Mayo Clinic is also involved in doing research on the members, and providing some blog posts, so I suppose I should say this post is four shouts (three shouts just sounds better).

There is some fascinating reading at the sites I have linked to above, and also plenty of really great images captured. I encourage you to take a peek of your own. The North Face blog is mixing in other content, so you may have to scroll down some posts to find the Everest reports. I have found the writing of all the participants to be really high quality. Well worth the read.

It is interesting for me to think back to the discomfort I experienced at a fraction of the elevation they call home for a couple months. It is a special breed of people who do what these explorers are doing at, and above Everest Base Camp.

For inspiration, I’m throwing in one of my favorite shots that I captured of Himalayan peaks (not Everest).