"We woke up in Dubai at 5 am then flew 14 hours from Dubai to Seattle. I watched 4 movies on the plane. No sleep but that's ok." "I'm going to stay up and have dinner with David Lye my grade school friend that I grew up with. I have a layover in Seattle and... Continue Reading →
Day 12 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
The plan was to hop a flight in Lukla the day after arriving from their trek. Then fly from Lukla to Kathmandu but the weather has been hazardous and for a third consecutive day, no flights were permitted out of Lukla. Have I mentioned that the airport in Lukla is the most dangerous in the world?... Continue Reading →
Day 11 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
My coworker Michael and I are the point of contact between Curt and the office while he is away. Michael has been setting up all the behind the scene stuff like arranging the interview with the news stations, giving direction to Alejandro the film editor, making calls and sending emails for various projects connected with... Continue Reading →
Day 10 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
A few weeks before setting out on his trip Curt told me about a movie he watched on Netflix called The Climb. He raved about how good it was. He probably gave me an incredible movie review but all I remember was that movie was about love. It was a story about a man who... Continue Reading →
Day 9 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
We finally received some pictures to share! The day before the group was to reach base camp Noah and MeiLi spent lots of time researching Mount Everest and drawing amazing pictures. Later on that evening MeiLi messaged Curt to ask him if he needed to use a rope? More than 48 hours later when cell... Continue Reading →
Day 8 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
The last 48 hours had been a little nerve-racking because we received no communication from Curt and Zoe. The last message we had received was on Monday at 6:02 am (Arizona). I started to worry because I knew that the closer they got to base camp the conditions would become more perilous. As the hours... Continue Reading →
Day 7 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
The excitement is building for all of us watching so I can only imagine how Curt and Zoe must be feeling. Yesterday was such a wonderful day corresponding with Noah and MeiLi, they too are also getting incredibly excited. They each drew pictures for Curt and Zoe. MeiLi spent the day Googling images of Mount... Continue Reading →
Day 6 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
I was elated this morning when I received a rather lengthy, well worded message update from Curt. I know that he very much wants all of us to know what the experience is like each day. Sitting down to reflect, compose his thoughts into words to then send them back to us requires time and concentration... Continue Reading →
Day 5 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
It was just after 5:30 am in Nepal. As Zoe slept, Curt started his day with an attempted video chat to Noah and MeiLi. As the phone rang Lisa frantically tried to answer; unfortunately a setting on her phone prevented her from successfully doing so. Since this would be the first video chat from the... Continue Reading →