Dream Big climbers succeeded!

Namaste friends, family and loved ones! Tim, Mike and I got up a midnight to throw down breakfast and grabbed our packs to begin our ascent of Lobuche East Peak. Slow steady climbing with an abundance pressure breathing under a full moon made for an amazing experience. Our perseverance paid off with spectacular view of some of the highest mountains on earth.
Tim masters rappelling before climb
Tim sitting onto of the world
Mike tops out on Lobuche East We are a bit tired yet very satisfied with our 12 hour climb of this stately mountain.
Some other Himalayan monsters Tomorrow we head over to the Imja Kola valley to the east to prepare for next climb, Imjaste peak another beautiful 6000 meter better known as Island peak to western mountaineers. Please join us. Vern Tejas

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