Here's a section from a motivational speech where I'm sharing what it was like to bike from Lhasa, Tibet to Mount Everest base camp.
from YouTube on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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| 31 Jan 08 |
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Donkey Cart to Everest Base Camp »
YouTube video Riding up the hill to Everest Base Camp in Tibet. It was an unbelievably clear and beautiful day. That is the peak of Mount Everest that we are driving toward. Wow. |
| 31 Oct 08 |
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everest base camp part 4 »
YouTube video after leaving mount everest base camp, the himilayans on the way to tibet nepal border |
| 31 Oct 08 |
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Everest To Kathmandu - On a Bike! »
YouTube video We reached Mt. Everest North Base Camp in Tibet, China and we saw only one option down: the longest Mt. Bike descent in the world, all the way to Katmandu, Nepal. |
| 21 Apr 07 |
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Thin air at Everest Base Camp » Tim Johnson Tibet is really high. I felt the altitude last week on arriving in Lhasa, the capital, at about 11,800 feet above sea level. But that is nothing compared to where I've been over the past few days -- Everest Base... |
| 21 May 07 |
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Climbing Everest - feat or folly? » Tim Johnson A series of stories and a short video I prepared last month at Everest Base Camp have finally come out. Here is the top to the main story:EVEREST BASE CAMP, Tibet - Wim Hof likes extreme challenges. The Dutchman has... |
| 24 Apr 07 |
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Mount Everest, cash machine » Tim Johnson A common gripe one hears at base camp is over the cost of access to Mount Everest. The Tibet Mountaineering Association now charges around $5,000 per mountaineer climbing toward the peak. “They are making millions here,” said Werner De Jong,... |