Allen Ambrosino

Walk High... Sleep Low... Allen Ambrosino

Walk High, Sleep Low isone person's account of trekking in Nepalthrough the AnnapumaCircuit and Sanctuary, as well as the Khumbu regionof Everest Base Camp and Goyko Valley. Previously, my highaltitude resume consisting of walking to the second floor of my house andshowing tourist friends the view from the topof the Empire State Building before I began exploring the Himalayas. After sixweeks of Nepali trekking, I was hooked. I believe you will be too afterreading about my experiences on the 'Rooftop of the World.'Youwill be face-to-face with the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. We will visit a meditating lama in his rock cavehome while listening to the Annapurna III glacier 'speak' to us through itsmini-avalanches and growing pains. And the beauty of it is that while I had to wake up each day at six in the morning and give every ounce of myenergy to experience these events, all you have to do is take your index fingerand flip from page to page. After reading WalkHigh, Sleep Low, however, I would be greatly surprised if you don't findyourself surrounded by 8,000-meter peaks sometime in the near future. Just waitand see.