Scott Parazynski

Scott Parazynski and his team will be leaving Lobuche on the morning of 6 April and heading to climb Kala Pattar. After that they will trek to Gorakshep where they […]

Scott Parazynski and his team will be leaving Dingboche on the morning of 4 April and heading to Lobuche. His team will spend a full day acclimatizing in Lobuche, and […]

Hi. This is Scott calling from Lobuche.

Another wonderful but challenging day in the mountains! In an effort to get our bodies acclimatized to the thinner air of Everest Base Camp and above, we left our camp […]

We traveled above treeline for the first time today, and likely won’t see the juniper or rhododendrons of the Khumbu again for several weeks. We’ve stepped into the alpine Himalaya, […]

We’ve got one last night here camped at 11,300′ above sea level, the time being very well spent, allowing our bodies to acclimatize to the relatively thin atmosphere en route […]

Scott Parazynski: update from Namche Bazar, 11,300 feet above sea level: Our team arrived in Lukla via “Yeti Airlines” two days ago, and we immediately departed up the hill towards […]

Scott Parazynski: “We depart for the KTM airport at 0500 local tomorrow to fly to Lukla, when the trek really begins.