div class=’posterous_autopost’span style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: Normal;”Dreams don’t come easy. Our dream of climbing and skiing Baruntse has taken Ben and I two years and something like 40 days of travel by plane, foot, and automobile (26 last year, 14 so far this year). All this just to arrive back at the foot of the mountain. What an incredible rush. Is it worth it? To Ben and I, the answer is an emphatic yes!p /The porters have done their work, we are here with all the goodies. The cook staff have done their’s, we are healthy and well fed. It is now up to us to make our dream of climbing and skiing Baruntse come alive.p /Ladies and gentlemen, without further adeu, I give you Baruntse 2010!p /Hang on for the ride, it should be a lot of fun!br /Jonbr //span p style=”font-size: 10px;” a href=”http://posterous.com”Posted via email/a from a href=”http://skithehimalayas.posterous.com/let-the-games-begin-49″skithehimalayas’s posterous/a /p /div