The PROFOUND CLIMBING™ Blog
Everest | Nepal-Tibet Border
Full circle life moments and Dad’s postcard from Nepal
Robert Alt’s father mailed a postcard from his own trek to Everest Base Camp in the late 1990s that foreshadowed Robert’s 2015 hiking in Nepal.
For a Free and Prosperous Nepal
Robert Alt arrives in Kathmandu, reunites with Nepal's free-market think tank—Samriddhi Foundation—and meets the legendary Pasang Dawa Sherpa.
Trekking to Everest Base Camp a few days at a time — Lukla >> Tengboche
Robert Alt arrives in Lukla via alternative transportation and treks through several villages in the Khumbu Valley to reach Tengboche.
Yeti skulls and sacred blessings, living as tigers instead of sheep, and mitigating risk
Robert Alt visits Pangboche's famous monastery, is moved by a poignant memorial to the fallen, reports no yeti sightings thus far, and emphasizes his PROFOUND CLIMBING™ approach to mountaineering.
Hills vs. Mountains? Focusing on a singular worthy goal and what Shakespeare must have intuited about mountaineering
Robert Alt contends with summit fever on Lobuche, accepts wise counsel from a fictional knight circa 1597, and doubles down on his singlemindedness with his sights unalterably set on Everest, 2025.
Arriving to Everest Base Camp (EBC) at Last!
Robert Alt makes it to Everest Base Camp after a long journey, describes his first impressions, and enjoys a festive Puja ceremony with Sherpas and fellow climbers.