大象传媒

Singing our way up the mountain

• Rob
• 28 Mar 07, 10:00 AM

Today was a marvellous day, we got a real bit of filming under our belts. Dave our cameraman and I scrambled up the steep slopes of the hills that surround Namche to find a great vantage point to film some of the Xtreme Everest team trekking.

The vistas here are amazing, with the valley just rolling on for miles. Along this valley the main ‘road’ to Everest winds, it consists of a dirt path that clings to the edge of the mountainside often dropping sharply away to the valley floor about 1400 feet below. This thoroughfare is populated by Yak trains and porters carrying loads that make my eyes water and then the odd western trekker complete with ski stick like trekking poles. On Friday we’ll set out along this very road on the next leg of our trek to Everest.

Evening entertainment was provided by the Xtreme Everest song book. This delightful invention, along with a guitar bought in Kathmandu by Nigel Hart, allowed all thirty of us to break out in full chorus. Most popular number was Bohemian Rhapsody of course, but I don’t know if it was the rarefied air or a general lack of talent but we were very untuneful. Just a small slice of life from a large scale expedition.