In 1991 a seven year old girl joined a trekking group led by her father and trekked 18 days near the base of Mt. Everest. This popular video had a limited release in 1992 and has remained one of our favorites. It is searialized here in 10 short segements. This is part one.

The Everest region of Nepal is one of the most dramatic mountainscapes in the world, if not the number one. Views of distant peaks as they are approached on foot are like nothing on earth. The snow covered summits seem to hang in the air like clouds.

The seven year old girl, Chelsea, has now graduated from university and would die if her real idenity were revealed here so suffice to say she was raised in the Sierra Nevada of California and was a hearty hiker, skier and skater before taking on the steep trails of the Himalaya.

Everything is new for her eyes during her first trip to Nepal and a culture far different from her own. She has a chance meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary in the airport in Kathmandu and they exchange autographs and greeting.

The trek begins with a visit to the sights of Kathmandu and a flight to Phaplu...