![Everest Base Camp](/sites/default/files/styles/freeform_scaled/public/2022-04/everest-base-camp.jpg?itok=hb1MyJqb)
Kathmandu
Despite the vagaries of air travel, all trekkers managed to converge on the Summit Hotel in preparation for the journey to Base Camp.
![Peter Moon, Anna Grodecki (former Duke Hyperbaric Fellow) Richard Moon, Gene Moretti, and Chris Young took part in a traditional Buddhist blessing prior to making final preparations for the trek](/sites/default/files/2022-04/dsc_4705_new.jpg)
Kathmandu
Despite the vagaries of air travel, all trekkers managed to converge on the Summit Hotel in preparation for the journey to Base Camp.