McMahon Blogs for National Geographic Adventure: Everest News – Escape from Lukla! Thousands of...
Rumor on the trail that the Lukla airport had shut down started a week ago. We were still making our push to Everest Base Camp (17,701 feet) and Kala Patthar (18,315 feet). The weather...
Annapurna Circuit Trek Begins!
186 miles, 17,768 foot mountain pass, 30 lb backpack, 14 days, 12 Snickers bars and Tang.
Yup, I said Tang. I forgot my electrolyte packets at home and they don't have any in Pokhara, Nepal so...
Days 12-13: (Nepal Adventure) Paragliding & Permits
Payge went paragliding in Pokhara and it was AWESOME!! To see a rainbow of parachutes circling the Himalaya sky was truly breathtaking. I can’t think of a better way to spend my last day...
Days 10-11 (Nepal Adventure): Welcome to the Jungle!
Who knew Nepal has jungles? I didn’t…but on a safari in Chitwan National Park, standing 20 feet away from a resting rhino that soon stood up to charge us, I do now! Bonus was...
Interview with Jim Davidson, co-author of the gripping book ‘The Ledge – An Adventure...
Author, motivational speaker and mountaineer, Jim Davidson and I recently sat down to discuss his new book, The Ledge-An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mt. Rainier.
It is a gripping real life account...
