Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 6
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt. Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 6 continues the journey towards base camp with a twist not often covered in contemporary expeditions to Nepal.
The crew actually acknowledges the weighty importance of hanging with the sherpa staff who make the trek possible.
Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair view the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”. View this episode and learn about a Nepali Culture and find out why they “aren’t Bryan Adams fans”.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 5
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt. Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 5 continues the journey towards base camp with views that cause Ben to exclaim, “I come here for the mountains!”
Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair view the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”. In this episode the trail winds through high mountain passes and into remote villages.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 04
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 4 leads viewers on the Mera La trail to Baruntse.
Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair view the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”. In this episode the trail winds through high mountain passes and into remote villages.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 03
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt. Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 3 ascends into the alpine mountains of Nepal.
Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair view the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”. The team traverses a 15,000′ pass and begins the acclimatization necessary for success in the Himalayas.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 02
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 2 glides the team to the pucker-inspiring Lukla Airport in the Khumbu Valley of the Everest region in Nepal. Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair view the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”. The runway is short, the enthusiasm is high and the trail to Baruntse starts here.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2 Episode 01
Ben Clark and Jon Miller are on a ski expedition to return to 23,390′ Baruntse, their second attempt.
Ski The Himalayas Season 2, Episode 1, transports the story from Colorado to Nepal. ;Miller and Clark share the adventure as the pair views the expedition footage often sharing a story “not for air”.
The adventure begins here, view the Himalayas and discover what the two Schraplinists have to learn.
Ski The Himalayas Episode 013
“Episode 14 is…Episode 13 
” the insiders look at the fourteenth of 14 episodes of raw footage used in the upcoming Ski The Himalayas film.
This is the epsidoe with sweet ski footage.
Ski The Himalayas Episode 012
“That’s life Live it” is the insiders look at the twelfth of 14 episodes of raw footage used in the upcoming Ski The Himalayas film.
Ben Clark, Josh Butson and Jon Miller are trapped high on 23,390′ Baruntse in the Nepali Himalaya. This episode shows the decisions that have to be made to survive and keep climbing in the high Himalaya.
Ski The Himalayas Episode 011
It’s all about the dreds” is the insiders look at the eleventh of 14 episodes of raw footage used in the upcoming Ski The Himalayas film.
Ben Clark, Josh Butson and Jon Miller are climbing rock and ice up 23,390′ Baruntse in the Nepali Himalaya. This episode begins at the routes most challenging section and leads into a storm that traps the climbers on a ledge at 21,500′ for days.
Dispatch 10: So it is done, my ankle is broken
div class=’posterous_autopost’span style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: Normal;”My ankle is broken after my fall yesterday. We iced 8 times, we went through 5 rounds of Ibuprofen and Tylenol and we kept it elevated almost 14 hours before I slept in a compression wrap and elevated for the night. Currently, I believe it wants to ski or hike downhill…because that’s the only way it will point! Then I try to move it…ooooh, it looks like a baseball that has soaked in water staining the lower part of my foot with a purple and green base. Yuck.p /So…I guess that this Spring, even after our initial and really charged foray onto the hill, we will not be going higher. Jon says so and I just nod, he’s a great partner who despite ambition can see the facts. We have gone over every boot cutting slpinting option you can imagine…none will get me back across basecamp even. Ha…ohh we are climbers.p /The wave of shock that washed over me yesterday was amazing as I faced down this fact of not being able to move under my own power. I’m kind of restless as is and a bit of a wiggler as my wife would say. Choppering out from basecamp is now my only option…Wow, this is my first imobilizing injury in 30 years. I can’t walk, I simply can’t. Hmmmph.p /But I can grin, and I can breathe and I can appreciate my climbing partner, videographer Chris Dalton and all the exquisite meals and care that were given to us by our amazing friends and staff at Mountain Tribes. This was the strongest I have ever been in the mountains, each year I return fitter and happier. Only such great company can make spending this time away from my wife and home so worthwhile.p /But still I broke my ankle, or tore it or whatever, it will heal and I will walk just fine as soon as it is ready. Then I will run, I will climb, I will ski. I’m an underdog, a guy from Tennessee that comes to the Himalayas every year and pioneers something to no fanfare or avail. Finally, after all I have learned and taken from these mountains…they have given me something that I can’t ever forget; real pain, real suffering and real luck. The depth of true loss that comes with that is irreplaceable, (massive monetary investment, time and health) a new low that can only go up from here! That’s exciting to me. I know where I am starting from to rebuild and believe that I can, because it is what I do. It is in my DNA to swallow that fear and spit out success. p /Already The rally cries from my other partners at home are coming in and we will return in the fall for yet another season of Ski the Himalayas podcasts. This next time, we will ski lower peaks with more of the same crew and some new faces. Look for this season’s podcast episodes to begin in June and learn why all aspects of the mountain keep drawing me and my friends here. We’ve glossed over the obvious objectives for years and hope to continue to authenticate adventure to you and from here for many years to come.p /Live the dream, and please don’t worry about me. I’ll be ok and send out an update when I can. I’m the luckiest one of all that this happenned when and where it did. The climb back up to fitness will be more rewarding than any summit and there will be many in there along the way. An old mentor once told me that the difference between a good alpinist and a great alpinist was downclimbing, He’s dead like so many other Alpinists I knew trying things a hair crazier than me. I believe the difference is in stopping before you go too far, picking yourself back up and having fun doing it. We have this life to try so many things in, and so I do and so I will Count on it.p /Thank you all for your support,p /Ben Clark/span p style=”font-size: 10px;” a href=”http://posterous.com”Posted via email/a from a href=”http://skithehimalayas.posterous.com/dispatch-10-so-it-is-done-my-ankle-is-broken”skithehimalayas’s posterous/a /p /div