Ngomhla we-10 intaba sifika e-Everest Base Camp (5,300 yeemitha), apho siza kuhlala khona kolu hambo, kwiintsuku ezingama-30 ukuya ku-40, 'u-Duarte wabhala ku-Instagram ecaleni komfanekiso wakhe wokuqala ovela e-Everest Base Camp. Iyamangalisa indlela enkulu ngayo yonke into, entle! Siyalazi lonke iqela eliza kusebenza nathi kolu hambo. '

Ukusuka apho, wazisa abalandeli ukuba batyelele ngaphakathi kwintente yakhe, kwiminyhadala yendawo, kwiintlanganiso nabanye abakhweli babafazi, nokunye okuninzi.

'Kukho amaxesha anzima kakhulu apha, njengokuphefumla, ukutya, ukuya kwigumbi lokuhlambela, ukuhlamba, ubushushu obuphantsi kunye nokuphakama okuphezulu kuvelisa ukungonwabi okuninzi, kodwa eyona nto ndiyikhumbula kakhulu lusapho kunye nabahlobo bam,' utshilo uDuarte. ividiyo ye-Base Camp. 'Yonke into yeyethutyana, ndihlala ndigxile kwiziphumo ezilungileyo kuzo zonke iintshukumo ezikhethiweyo kwaye ndiya phambili kuba ndiyazi ukuba inguqu kwezentlalo ithatha ixesha kwaye ifuna iinzame ezinkulu.'

UDuarte wade wabelana ngezihlandlo ezoyikisayo zokunyuka kwakhe, ephawula kwisithuba esinye ukuba waba ne-pulmary edema kunye ne-retinal burns.

Kodwa, wakwazi ukuyithatha yonke into njengoko wayezifundisile ixesha elingaphezulu konyaka kunye nabalingane bakhe abenyuka le ntaba yokoqobo kunye neyokomfuziselo.

'Iqela lethu lenziwe ngabantu abaphefumla ukusebenza okuphezulu, nokuba umoya ubhitye. Bavula iingqondo zethu kwizinto ezingenakwenzeka, nokuba iindlela zivaliwe phambi kwamehlo ethu, 'ubhale watsho uDuarte.

Nangona sele ekwiincwadi zembali, uDuarte uthi kwi-Instagram ukuba umsebenzi wakhe awukapheleli kwaphela.

Ndigxile ekusebenzeni kwezenzo kwingingqi endihlala kuyo, ngaphandle kweCampinas, njengeprojekthi yokulinga kwaye yandise emva koko, ubhale watsho. 'Siza kuba nekamva elizinzileyo nelingumzekelo.'