Category Archives: Great Big Walk

Hey this is TA calling in from day 55. We’re at an elevation of 3820 in a village called Tame and it was a wonderful, delightful easy walk downhill today. Marian had 12 376 steps, 38 floors, 8.5 km. I … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 54 of the great big walk. We are here at a fun elevation 4210. Same as my winter class, for some 210 m above sea level. At a village called Maralung. We’ve … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 53 of the great big walk. We are at an elevation of 5091 m and I am calling our little location, Everest view high camp. We’re camped about 300 m below the … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 52 at an elevation 4800 m in the village of Gokyo and I’m actually calling from indoors, which is a new thing for me. I’ve usually been calling from my tent and … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 51 of the great big walk. I’m doing this by headlamp so its a little bit dark and my writing is a little bit small. We are in Gokyo at an elevation … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 50 of the great big walk. We are just outside a village called Dzongla. 4815 m above sea level, preparing to cross the chola tomorrow. I wanted to say a happy birthday … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 49. We are here in Dingboche at an elevation of about 4410m and for me its a little bit like coming home. I have been to Dingboche on the way to Everest … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 48. We are at the Injola lake camp at an elevation of  4943. What an awesome day we had. My goodness gracious. Amphu labtsa is a fabulous pass. A great one to … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 47 and we said the other day that 47 was sort of like what we were about recognizing that our trip is only about 3 weeks left in it. We are located … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 46 at Baruntse base camp at an elevation of 5477 and look I said that whole sentence without even having to pause for breath. We’ve come down about 400m and we think … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 45 of the great big climb. Definitely called the great big climb today. We are located at the foot of West kol at an elevation of somewhere between 5939 and 5959. I … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 44 of the great big climb as it was today. It was definitely not a walk. We are located at West kol camp at approximately 6130m above sea level and I probably … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 43. We are located at Sherpani kol base camp at an elevation of approximately 5688 m above sea level. We had a pretty big day. A pretty challenging day for most of … Continue reading →

Hey it’s TA calling from Swiss base camp at an elevation of 5211 m above sea level on day 42 of the great big walk. This was a R&R or an R&A day for us again. Rest and acclimatization. We spent the … Continue reading →

Hey this is TA calling in from day 41. At an elevation of 5211 m at a location called Swiss base camp but it is so much more than that. Indeed we are camped across from Makalu and in reading something yesterday, … Continue reading →