"The Aborted Cassin" or "The Tale of two Tashis"

The smiles of people who know that food and beer await!

Almost all the photo credits to Jerry Evans!

So you want to climb Mount Everest?
The first question you should ask yourself is:  why?

In my experience there’re two kinds of mountaineers: those who are aware of the fact that climbing is a spiritual endeavour and those who are not.  If you want to climb Everest simply to pad your resume it’s not likely a good idea. If on the other hand you want to climb Everest to challenge yourself, to d ...