At almost midnight on Sunday November 4th
2012, Nathan Dietrich, one of our Drive Fitness personal trainers and a Seven Hills studio crew head off bound to
trek through the Himalayan Mountains to Mount Everest.
Ivor “Yeti 1” Worrell (a seven
time trekker of the Himalayan mountains), Scott ‘The Ogre” Egerton (a Mount Kilimanjaro
summiter), Simon “Yeti 2” Smyth (two time Everest trekker) and personal trainer Nathan
“The Mule” Dietrich (total novice), will fly into to Kathmandu for 2 days.
From there they will board a plane for the small
village of Lukla (and even smaller
landing strip!!). They will then spend 19 days taking a different
route to Mount Everest base camp trekking and carrying packs weighing approximately
17 to 20 kilograms. The route encompasses places such as Namche Bazar, Machhermo,
Dragnag, and also includes summits of Gokyo Ri, crossing the Cho La pass, and
then another summit of Kala Patthar
before heading back down to Everest Base Camp.
With altitudes ranging from 2800 metres
(approximately 9000 feet) to 5550 metres (approximately 18500 feet), oxygen intake
of only around 50% at that altitude, and temperature of minus 7 with a wind chill factor of minus 20,
this is sure to be a physically demanding adventure.
Stay tuned for photos and updates upon their return.
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