Everest Blog: Day Two Of The Trek
Day Two of the Trek I wake up feeling better. I’ve slept on a foamy on a small bed with quilts because my duffel bag that I was suppose to have, went ahead with the rest of the group. I try to eat breakfast, but can only handle just a few teaspoons of porridge. Dalai, our host, was very concerned about my health. The people of Nepal are so sweet. As we get ready to go, she lights a “Sangpong”, a metal perforated urn stuffed with juniper needles and sage. Smokes curls from it


Everest Blog: Day One Of The Trek
Day One of the trek. I’m up all night with Montezuma’s revenge from eating something bad in Kathmandu. It got worse through the night. I’m worried because we have to get up at 4:00 in the morning to catch a plane to Lukla. I pack the night before because who knows what condition I’ll be in the morning. I haven’t slept so when the alarm goes off at 4 am, I’m already awake. I start taking Ciprofloxacin, but can’t eat. At the airport I have to use the washroom and it’s a room wi
Everest Blog: One Day Before Trek Begins
One Day before Trek to Everest: Tim Rippel from Peak Freaks, who has guided 65 people to Everest’s Summit, shows up. We meet the rest of the group: four men from the USA (Paul, Greg, Scott, Herman), one man from Australia (Jason, who is training to Summit Everest in May), two men from Canada (Will and my husband, Rob) and myself, the only woman. But that’s OK; I can take it like a guy. Herman and I are only trekkers; the rest will be summiting the true summit on Lobuche East
Writer/Director Patricia Harris Seeley heads for Mount Everest
President and key creative behind Ageless Pictures will be heading on a research trip to the base camp of Mount Everest. She will be hiking to base camp over a twenty day period and immersing herself in the Tibetan culture. Sleeping amongst local tea houses at extreme altitudes, experiencing ceremonies at monastaries, and studying the incredible landscapes, Patricia is researching for Ageless Pictures' upcoming feature THE DESCENDING which she is co-writing with Peter Symo

