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Screenwriter and KCBS news reporter
Doug Sovern is on his way to Mt. Everest. He, along with two other
trekkers, a guide, and two sherpas will hike for a week to Lukla.
There they will meet with eleven others and hike for another week
to Base Camp. This hundred-mile hike involves climbing to Kalapattar
at 18,000 feet. From there, they will descend to Base Camp where
they will meet with a group of mountaineers who will climb to the
summit. Upon their return, Doug will join the summit team on their
hike back to Lukla.
Doug will be updating us via satellite phone, weather permitting,
so be sure to log on for updates! The following is an account of
his exciting trip so far.
If
you enjoy this story read about Göran Kropp's Mt. Everest expedition
in our archives.
April 21, 2000
I'm in Thailand, on layover at the airport, dropping
you a line from an Internet kiosk. They are everywhere! And so much
cheaper than calling on the phone. The journey seems endless, from
San Francisco to Taipei to Bangkok, and now waiting for the last
leg to Kathmandu. Asia looks wonderful from the air and even from
the airport terminals! It is swelteringly hot here in Thailand,
93 degrees. Our summit team is already well-established at Everest
Base Camp, and is setting up the higher elevation camps as I write
this. They've already been up and down to 21,000 feet to start acclimatizing.
I will meet up with my fellow trekkers of the Support Team tomorrow
in Kathmandu, and then Monday we begin the arduous but hopefully
splendid 100-mile hike to the base of the mountain, to join the
mountaineers! Talk to you again real soon from... somewhere? Love,
Doug
Read
more of Doug's Adventures
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Last
year Doug biked to Mt. Kilimanjaro through the Usambara Mountains
in Tanzania.
