Flying, Feasting and Photos: Is This Everest The Easy Way?
“My toes haven’t been the same since we went to Everest.”
This is what one of my friends told me on an icy cold morning in London as we recalled the adventures we had been on the previous year. Her not-quite-the-same toes were a remnant and reminder of the unforgettable experience of flying to the foot of Everest in a helicopter and enjoying the most delicious breakfast when we got there.
It is perhaps my extreme impatience, or maybe the instant gratification culture that we live in today that led me to the discovery that no, I do not need to trek through the wilderness to...