THE howling, freezing wind scours my chapped face and sucks the air from my lungs as I stagger over the rocky terrain and wonder what the heck Im doing here. Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet is as close to hell on Earth as Ive ever experienced. Ferocious, icy winds descend from the mighty Himalayas like some vengeful Mongol horde, sweeping through a long, desiccated valley filled with glacial debris before battering mercilessly against the tiny Tibetan monastery of Rongphu and its surrounding camp sites. At 5000m above sea level, oxygen is scarce and every step towards the mountain feels like 50.Despite this discomfort, Im privileged to visit this pinnacle of the Earth and stand before Mount Everest, or Mother...
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