Michael Neal and Bryan Hill ride from the Indian Ocean to the high altitude village of Lukla, Nepal where they'll meet the rest of the team. If all goes well, the pair will set a world record for the Fastest Known Time from sea level to the summit of Mt. Everest. Fingers crossed!
From Lukla, the full Sightless Summits team (Lonnie, Michael and Bryan) will trek to Everest Base Camp and then on to its summit. If successful, Lonnie will be the fourth blind person to summit Everest!
After a successful Everest summit, the team will be poised to climb the last portion of the world's fourth tallest mountain. If successful, Lonnie will be the first blind person to climb both mountains. What an accomplishment!
The team is finally heading to one of the most beautiful places on the planet! Michael and Bryan start first on the bicycle ride from the Indian Ocean to the high altitude village of Lukla, Nepal. There we will meet Lonnie Bedwell and the rest of the awesome trekking team! In all it will be 665 miles on bike/foot with over 64,000' of vertical climbing!
Michael is interviewed about the Sightless Summits project on KOIN.
https://www.koin.com/local/portland-man-attempting-world-record-everest-lhotse-summits-with-blind-veteran/