Category: Everest 2011

What a difference a day (or week) makes! I came down from C3 last Wednesday basically shattered. My upper repository lung infection […]

While the title of this dispatch may not resonate with those outside of the US, it seems true of many sports that […]

“It was the of time, it was the worst of times” so started The Tale of Two Cities. The same might be […]

This is the latest audio dispatch live from Mt. Everest; the third of Alan's 7 Summits climbs. These climbs are to raise […]

This is the latest audio dispatch live from Mt. Everest; the third of Alan's 7 Summits climbs. These climbs are to raise […]

As I left my left my tent at 3:30 AM this morning, I could see the flames from the juniper boughs. Breakfast was a fast ordeal as was dressing, packing and a final gear review.With a handful of rice each, Kami and I passed through the smoke. He chanted…

I leave for my first rotation to the high camps in about 12 hours. We will get up abut 3:00 AM for […]

“You don’t look good” said a teammate to me during Sunday’s dinner. We both laughed as I refuted his comment, > but […]

I walked as far as I could today. OK,that sounded worse than I meant. I walked from my tent to the end of Everest Base Camp at the foot of the Khumbu Icefall.As I left the noise of stoves, music, movies and yak traffic; a sound etched deep in my memory…

Ceremonies mark life. Many come with a birth of a child, ment a union of a couple or upon death. Today, we […]