Everest Base Camp - a trek with Ang Dorjee Sherpa

Prologue by world-famous travel writer Tim Cahill.

Recommended for Everest Base Camp trekkers, Everest aficionados and mountaineering history buffs.

Randy Brich takes you along on a private trek to Everest Base Camp with seventeen-time Mt. Everest summiteer Ang Dorjee Sherpa. Following ancient footpaths through the Solu-Khumba region of Nepal, Brich highlights the route, equipment, food, distances, elevations, weather, and the subsistence lifestyle of the residents. A brief history of Mt. Everest mountaineering describing expeditions - their challenges and successes - provides an added bonus. This odyssey stands alone in its breadth and insights into trekking to the base of the highest place on earth.