Abbey International Treks & Expedition

Everest Trekking Porter's Documentary

This documentary was made in the spring of 2005 when Peter and I were in high school. We trekked to Everest Base Camp with a map as our guide and shot all these videos with one handycam and two batteries. So, please bear the quality of the video.Our journey began as we flew to Lukla from the capital city of Nepal, Kathmandu and reached the Everest Base Camp in seven days. During our trek, we reached the highest altitude of 5565 meters (Kalapathar mountain). This was one of the most amazing experiences in my life so far.

Most importantly, we were extremely humbled and touched by the people we met along the way and especially the trekking porters, who carry not only the trekkers' foods and their supplies, but the emotional burden of a child, a parent that stays hidden underneath their warm smiles.

It is our hope through this documentary, we can at least generate some awareness about the porters and hope that if you ever decide to go on a trek, you will not only reward them monetarily but respect their trade and spend some time getting to know these amazing individuals.

Dean Cardinale at Portsmouth Abbey School

On Thursday, October 20, Portsmouth Abbey School hosted its first lecture of the year and the first of three Dom Luke Childs lectures.The speaker was Mr. Dean Cardinale who delivered a talk entitled, Everest and Beyond.

Mr. Cardinale is an avid mountain climber, outdoors enthusiast, and adventure lover. The founder of World Wide Trekking and the President and Founder of Human Outreach Project, he has climbed and led expeditions to North America, Central America, Africa, Europe, South America, and the Himalayas, including summiting Mt. Everest in 2005.

The Human Outreach Project, with Mr. Cardinale as president and his wife Alison as vice president, owns and/or funds orphanages in Tanzania and Peru and supports a dental clinic in Nepal, in addition to regularly contributing food and clothing and other gear to dozens of other locations. Every year, Dean guides doctors from Salt Lake's Moran Eye Center to the Himalayas where part of the trip is devoted to cataract surgery. You can read more about Mr. Cardinale and his excellent work here: or visit

Mr. Cardinale currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and children.

Many thanks to Mr. Cardinale for sharing his extraordinary story with the Portsmouth Abbey School community.

Episode 063: A New Beginning

The First Step Of The Journey Is Always Boring. After months of saving, planning and panicking, I'm back on the other side of the planet in Kathmandu.

I just love Kathmandu and it's a good thing, too. It just takes so long to get here! Scott and I left Denver on Sunday and didn't arrive in Nepal until Tuesday. Denver, LA, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Kathmandu. I made it through the LA to Hong Kong leg--15 hours--without much trouble but the HK to Bangkok leg was the worst. All of the stress I had been building up inside me as I tried to make this trip a reality welled up inside of me and manifested itself as the most intense nausea I've ever experienced. When you're that nauseous, there's only one inevitable outcome. I erupted into a magnificent fountain of some sort of exotic fruit juice I had tried to choke down hours earlier.

It took Scott completely by surprise. I remember him uttering a low, slow-motion whoooooaaaaa as I gushed all over my pants, my Chaco sandals and the bulkhead wall in front of us. I quickly maneuvered into the toilet just in front of us for Round Two, and sat on the floor for a couple of minutes. After that, I hoisted myself up to look into the bathroom mirror and saw the life and color flood back into my face. I smiled at my reflection and said to myself, the adventure begins.

We were picked up at the Kathmandu airport by our good friend Babu Karma Sherpa and taken back to the Thamel district and the Hotel Marshyangdi. It was so good to see Karma.

I didn't film much those first few hours back in Nepal as we had to discuss the fact that our baggage was missing. Probably still in Thailand.

But oh, it is so great to be in Kathmandu again. I'll worry about the MIA baggage later. Time to go to the New Orleans Cafe for some Dhal Bat.

Jon Miller

Total Running Time: 23:18

St Albans - Nepal. Duke of Edinburgh 2013

Nepal 2013: Duke of Edinburgh, Community Project & Elephant Safari.
3 weeks, 2 teams, 31 girls, 4 teachers, 2 leaders.

Apologies to Franks and Abs for not writing them in the credits- ma baaaad xox

Zeltaufbau - Zeltratgeber Teil 1 - Zelt richtig aufbauen

Der Doorout.com Zeltratgeber. Zeltratgeber Nr.1: Der Zeltaufbau. Christophe zeigt wie man ein Zelt einfach aufbaut mittels nützlicher Tipps und Tricks.

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