Jordan Romero

It’s been a wild ride.

Health report: K’s ankle is no issue.
P has had fever/throat infection. Antibiotics have maybe helped.
We both have sinusitus. Tons of crud coming from nose.
We are back in Gorak Shep to eat as much as we could and send
this report.
We did 1.5 days rest at base camp…then did big load up/through
Khumbu Ice [...]

We are writing quickly here as the Internet is pricey. We
have arrived at the “town” of Gorek Shep the last before Base
camp. We will stay here for the night and start to take bags
to base camp tomorrow. We are feeling good. three of the
porters will return to Lukla tomorrow.

the weather is beautiful, [...]

Two of our boys pour’d in last night. a bit beat.

two others, did not make it to our camp, and spent the night…we don’t know where. It’s 9am, and we expect them any second.  We’ve already donated some apparel and accessories to the twosome, as they are poorly outfitted. Amazing mind and souls…these kids. We’re [...]

Well it started with our 5 a.m. wake up call to go to the airport to catch the flight to Lukla.  Ha!  We are at the domestic terminal and there are people everywhere with boxes and boxes and bags of gear and everything you can imagine..apples, eggs, beer, soda, ramen noodles, you name it.  All [...]

Thats right. One of the greatest selling albums in history.

It’s filling the air of this unbelievable hillside village, here at 11,000′.

Namche Bizarre- one of the last real stops on the way to Everest Base Camp. Shops/restaurants/bakery/guest houses…you name it.

This bar has the doors open, screamin Frampton, and the sound of the cue ball slamming a [...]

April 10 – 10:12 p.m.

Today was spent finalizing our gear and most importantly the permit to climb the Nuptse.  Our friends at Nepal Social Treks were amazing and today they processed what they think is the first ever one day processing of a climbing permit.  We really don’t know how they made it happen, pretty [...]

Nuptse’s south face. We will climb the north face, via NW approach (not shown)

We’ve pushed the button.

Nuptse is a 25,000′ + peak, just off the shoulder of Everest for those not in the know. It’s rarely climbed and has a very cool beauty about it. So, we’ve seen from pictures. We’ll get [...]

Palm Springs, Riding the park in Big Bear, Winter Ascent of Mt. Whitney, Climbing and Skiing in Mammoth…it was a good spring break!

Dad and Super K heading to Nepal, to prepare things for Jordan’s trip to Everest. Unlikely any updates on the blog happening for 4 weeks or more.

Trust Jordan is studying away, getting strong [...]