Dear Friends,
While Mike is still in Antarctica, I'm preparing to head out to Everest Medical Base Camp (photo above). Yes, it's very small. You can see some video of the clinic on YouTube from the BaseCampMD.com website.
As you know, we of Katabatic Consulting have been involved in-country and abroad where they have donated their special environment medical consulting expertise for the less fortunate or disaster stricken. We have been asked to bring our expertise to these locations for hands on medical, education, and consulting needs.
This season we are headed to Everest Base Camp "EBC" Medical Clinic for the 2008 climbing season to assist Dr. Luanne Freer with some of the medical logistics involved in providing free medical services for the climbing Sherpas on Mt. Everest.
The Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) is a voluntary non-profit organization originally formed in 1973 in Nepal with an objective to reduce altitude and other casualties in the Nepal Himalaya. In 2003, the Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic joined established clinics in Pheriche and Manang to further the mission up high. The Himalayan Rescue Association, USA is a nonprofit, headquartered in the US to specifically benefit the HRA's newest clinic. The EBC medical clinic treats all who become ill or injured at the Everest Base Camp, caring for the many climbers and Nepali support staff during the popular spring climbing season. All of our physicians volunteer not only their time and services, but their travel costs to Nepal. Donations help us to renew outdated and worn medical equipment, purchase new medications, advance clinic capabilities, and subsidize low cost or free health care for the Sherpa people. For further information on the base camp, visit www.basecampmd.com.
Kristin heads out to Everest in January and is joined by Mike in March. Please visit our website to learn more about our involvement and to donate…we need your support. www.katabaticconsulting.com.
Thank you for your support,
Kristin & Tayloe
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I am so thankful for your work in Nepal. The Sherpas give so much and receive so little in return. One third of all deaths on Everest are Sherpas. The world seem to think they are immune, but they are not.
I used to lead treks to the Everest Base Camp and worked with a group of Sherpas in 1990 to establish the first hut-to-hut system in Nepal.
I dramatized their lives in a novel in order to get a larger reading audience to learn about this amazing tribe.
Beyond the Summit by Linda LeBlanc.
The work has received 5-star reviews from readers who say they loved learning so much about the Sherpa culture. The book is available from Barnes & Noble, amazon.com, chesslerbooks.com and my web site.
www.beyondthesummit-novel.com.
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