July 28 – Dent IslandAnother sunny day at Dent Island as the boats which were leaving at high slack water topped off their fresh water tanks, had breakfast and said goodbye to the new acquaintances from dinner the night before. As those boats l…
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2013 Summer Cruise Part 2
July 24The good weather continues in Vancouver, so we spend the morning giving Spirit a good fresh water wash down. After getting a map we headed out on foot to the corner of Burrard and Hastings Streets, looking for a food truck featured on
Birthday in Denmark and Norwegian Cousins
June 25, 2013This morning we depart for Denmark, via Frankfurt, on Lufthansa Airlines to attend a birthday celebration for Lisa Marx. Lisa owns a cabin on the east coast of Denmark, in the town of Hou. Miriam and I will land in Copenhagen about 1530 lo…
2013 Summer Cruise Part 1
July 22, 2013The cruise begins with a sea trial to check out a “stumble” in the Cummins QSL9 engine which has bothered us for several months since it occurs at the engine RPM that we wanted to cruise at. We have been in discussions with Cummi…
Where has Spirit been?
Since the conclusion of the trek to Mt. Everest base camp in November 2012, Spirit has been cruising locally and having annual maintenance and upgrades performed.Over the holiday season we cruised with both Seeker and Wild Blue, stopping at Roche Harbo…
Pheriche to Lukla
10/28/2012The overnight snow left a light blanket over the trail as we headed further downhill, with our final destination for the day the monastery of Tengboche, situated on a ridge at an elevation of 3880 meters with views of Mount Everest. Along th…
Lobuche to Gorek Shep and Everest Base Camp
10/26/2012The trip from Lobuche to Gorek Shep and the Yeti Lodge was very cold and we were glad for the down jackets. We arrived under sunny skies before noon, and after lunch began the hike to Everest Base Camp at an elevation of 5364 meters. It was…
Dingboche to Lobuche
10/24/2012Another cold night in Dingboche, but nothing compared to what was to come. Departing Dingboche a little after 8AM we crested the ridge above town and hiked upwards along the side of the ridge until we headed down into the stream bed and cros…
Namche Bazaar to Dingboche
October 20, 2012At 0730 we headed up the steps from the Namche Hotel in Namche Bazaar headed for the Everest View Hotel at an elevation of 3880 meters. There were at least 48 switchbacks along the way. We passed the Syanboche Airport, the highest in …
Namche Bazaar Rest Day
Today we took a little (4KM) hike to 3660 meters (12007 feet) and visited a monastery (Nauche), a cultural museum and the Sherpa Museum. We also got out first glimpses of Mt. Everest, Nuptse and Ama Dablam peaks. Mt Everest is 38 KM away, but 5 KM hi…
