{"id":2270,"date":"2010-04-12T06:56:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T12:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2013-03-15T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:20:13","slug":"trekking-to-everest-base-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/12\/trekking-to-everest-base-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Trekking to Everest Base Camp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year,   click<\/a>  Everest devotees closely watch the climbers. For many, medicine<\/a>  the seed is planted that they might want to visit Everest Base Camp.<\/p>\n<p>For me,   this was the start of my passion for mountaineering. In 1997, I made the trek to EBC with\u00a0 Mountain Travel-Sobek under the leadership of guide Cathy Ann-Taylor. I can safely say, it changed my life &#8211; for the better.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/alanarnette.com\/everest\/khumbutrek.php\">page<\/a> about my trek has been on my site for many years and now I have added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/everest\/ebcfaq.php\" target=\"_blank\">page<\/a> to help anyone thinking about a trek.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/everest\/ebcfaq.php\" target=\"_blank\">Everest base Camp Trek FAQ<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy it but more importantly, I hope you go &#8211; it will change you forever!<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<\/p>\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This each year, Everest devotees closely watch the climbers. For many, the seed is planted that they might want to visit Everest Base Camp. For me, this was the start of my passion for mountaineering. 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