Made it to Doha

Well I've made it to Doha, Qatar. I have to make this quick because the internet is free... but it automatically logs off after 10min. And I'm not sure where I'm at with my time. The flight here was long, 15 hours in the air out of Houston, direct to Doha. It was pretty cool though, at the departure gate in Houston they had four tables set up with small sandwiches, pastries, cake and drinks. I was shocked, quite impressive service for even economy passengers. Later I found out that March 30 was the first day of service from Houston for Qatar Airways. What a great day to travel:D Well, I've got another 9 hours of travel before arriving in Kathmandu so we'll see if there are any more adventures, so far I was able to sleep quite a bit and watched three movies I think.

Sat next to a really sweet lady on the way over here, her name was Pratima and she works in medical research, the team that she works with worked with the original "bubble boy", the guy that inspired the movie. I thought that was pretty cool. Well, I hope things are going well with you all, in your various necks of the woods. More later when I'm able.

Cheers-

Going to Nepal!

Well, there's another trip on the radar and therefore time for me to try to keep another blog.  I will be headed off to Nepal on March 30 (tomorrow as I write).  I will be meeting up with Jon Fessler and assisting him in anyway possible for a week first off.  We will try to get out to the Kumari region in Nepal to shoot some footage for the documentary we'll be working on during the following climb.  Around the 7th we'll be meeting up with the rest of the expedition crew to begin our climb of Island Peak.  That will be about three weeks, then I will sadly bid the group farewell and continue on my travels, I plan to hike around the Annapurna region and see what else I can fit in.  I leave Nepal on May 21st, then spend a couple weeks with a friend in Qatar before returning Stateside on June 3rd.  

I will do my best to update this blog when I'm able, so we'll see how frequently I am able to get internet access over the next couple months:D  

Cheers!

Jared