Soldiers to the Summit

Here is a link to the audio of the KVCU interview from November 12, 2010. This was so much fun!
KVCU 1190 AM interview

October 15 PHERICHE (This post was held up @12 hours due to an Asia-wide satellite outage) – What a day! I almost don’t know where to begin this was such an exciting day. After trekking for 10 days we finally approached our summit day with excitement. It was really hard to get any sleep before making our climb. I was extremely restless.

October 6, 3pm NAMCHE BAZAAR – Wow, we are in Nepal! The Soldiers to the Summit expedition is underway. Yesterday we flew from Kathmandu to Lukla. The flight in was exciting. The runway is 450 meters long and ends in a mountain. Organization is not a strong point for the Nepalese.

What an awesome weekend. With the Soldiers to the Summit trip rapidly approaching (10 days from today) there was a desire to get some additional training done in Colorado. The added bonus of this training is that we were joined by GX magazine as the National Guard is one of many great sponsors of this [...]

I have known about the Soldiers to the Summit Himalayan Expedition for several months but I think that a lightbulb clicked on yesterday… I AM GOING TO NEPAL IN SIX WEEKS! Wow. When I think back to five years ago is awesome to be presented with this opportunity. September 16th will be the 5 year [...]

What an emotional weekend. When I signed up for the Soldiers to the Summit Himalayan Expedition I did not know how much the people on this expedition would affect me. We just completed our training at St. Mary’s Glacier I was overwhelmed with emotion at the true heroes of this nation overcoming their individual disability [...]