Audio Dispatch from South Col/Camp 4
To hear this Everest audio dispatch, just click on the link. Thanks for listening and following Alan on The Road Back to […]
Year: 2008
Audio Dispatch from Camp 3
To hear this Everest audio dispatch, view just click on the link. Thanks for listening and following Alan on The Road Back […]
Summit Bid Plans
After a year of planning, working and dreaming, I leave for the summit of Mt. Everest on Saturday, May 17. Before I […]
The sun was so bright
The sun was so bright in my tent that I put my sunglasses on before getting out of my sleeping bag. The […]
Lhotse Face
We are in our tents at 23, s 350′ on the Lhotse Face listening to the snow gently falling. We left camp […]
The Killer Cwm
Today we are comfortably resting at Camp 2. Everyone is in good health and spirits after a breakfast of toast and omlets. […]
Everest 2008 has had more
Everest 2008 has had more surprises than a Dick Cheney bird hunt. We have had several successful round trips through the Icefall […]
The Khumbu Icefall: Gatekeeper for Everest
The Khumbu Icefall – 2, 000 feet of moving ice – serves as the gateway to almost all routes on Everest’s south […]
Pujas: A Mystery
The Lama said Thursday the 10th between 7:00 and 10:00 AM is for the Puja. OK – who would argue with that? […]