Walk a week or fly an hour? A very popular phrase with the bush pilots in Alaska. Here in Nepal, I will take the walk a week option. If I were going to climb the tallest mountain in North America, "Denali", I would opt for the hour flight into the mountain, which drops you at about 8,000' to begin the ascent to 20,320 ft. Here in the High Himalaya, with that hour flight they could drop us at Everest Base Camp, it sits around 17,300', you would be in a world of hurt, that is a bit too much of an altitude jump for 99.9% of all humans. So here I sit in a nice Tea house at 13,000', half way through my eight day trek to Base Camp. Kind of a long commute to work, but traffic has not been to bad. Yep another season of life on the Glacier for this Himalayan Veteran. Excited for RMI 2015 Everest Expedition? I sure am. No wonder RMI was voted #1 Outfitter,with the return of the finest Guides, for the climb and trek. The reason I continue these wild adventures is the RMI solid commitment, time and again, to provide the best available resources and infrastructure. The team is looking forward to sharing this Expedition with you as best we can over the next couple of months. I wish you could be here. I know the challenges you will face in everyday life may not be as unusual as ours but in there own way just as impressive. Climb your own Everest. Get out when you can! RMI Guide Mark Tucker Special shout out to - MOM HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Love, Mark