Today was a very chill day, I slept in until 4:40 am when my son Matt Facetimed to join the celebration of (my wife and 38 year partner) Elizabeth’s birthday. It’s nice to have an internet connection 7,500 miles away from home. Since Friday was an exhausting day with the summit of Mt Lobuche and the trek from camp back to our hotel, we decided to take the easy way back and chopper 10 min instead of trek 3+hours. It’s also nice to have a very supportive family that encourages me to pursue my athletic dreams knowing that it takes time away from important days like Fridays birthday celebration.
Chopper pickup at Lobuche hotel - 10 min ride instead of 3 hour trek - conserving energy today after a very long summit to Lobuche.
Even though a chopper ride is not an epic climb, I still dedicated today to Nicholas from Bethesda, MD who is fighting cancer in his left leg. Nicholas is a 10th grade student and an elite soccer player who is training with the MD Olympic development program - until he was side tracked with bone cancer in his femur in December 2022 and is being treated at Children’s National Hospital. Watching these kids get sidetracked by a life threatening illness and seeing their strength and resilience inspires me every day. When we start climbing through the Khumbu ice fall next week and cross ladders across moving crevasses I carry that strength and fierceness with me.
Flying over Everest Base Camp and landing near our mini camp was a real thrill and gave me an appreciation for the amount of coordination it takes to build a city that houses over 2,000 people that support 500 climbers. This week a massive weather system is approaching that will drop a considerable amount of snow, so I’ll be resting and breathing air at 17,500 feet which is all part of the process of letting your body adapt to be able to climb higher later.
Thank you to Richard Michaux for sponsoring the journey back to Everest Base Camp.
Everest Base Camp from the Helicopter
Today I honored Hopecam Child Nicholas, he is in 10th Grade and is treated at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC.
LEN IS HONORING HOPECAM CHILD Nicholas TODAY. READ MORE ABOUT nicholas HERE!
My Video Message to Hopecam Kid Nicholas
Thank you to richard l. michaux for your sponsorship and support so that we can connect more children fighting cancer.
Thank you Richard Michaux!
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