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Month: April 2012

April 30, 2012May 27, 2016Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: Helicopters and Wind Delays

Looks like high winds are putting a crimp in everyone’s schedule. The Sherpas have stopped fixing the line just above the Yellow […]

April 29, 2012April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 29

It is hard to believe the Everest spring season is half over. At this point the climbers are in the middle of […]

April 28, 2012April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2012: Lhotse Face Push

For the rest of the world, weekends are times for fun and relaxing. On Everest it is time for work. Today, several […]

April 27, 2012May 27, 2016Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: Avalanches

As we approach the end of April, drugstore teams are right on schedule with their acclimatization programs. The next “big thing” is […]

April 26, 2012March 15, 2013Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: Cold and Windy, Lhotse Face Fixed

A variety of reports today as the teams are busy doing what climbers do! Phil Crampton reports his Altitude Junkies teams climbed […]

April 25, 2012December 15, 2012Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: Weather and Webcams

The saying goes that no news is good news, s store well today is kind of like that. All the teams and […]

April 24, 2012December 15, 2012Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 201: Climbing to Eat on Everest

On the north, the ropes are fixed to 7900m or Camp 2 but most of the teams seem stuck at ABC by […]

April 23, 2012March 15, 2013Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: Teams at Altitude

The teams are in full motion , many are currently at Camps 1 and 2 on the South and Advanced Base Camp […]

April 22, 2012April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 22

This was an extremely difficult week on Everest with the deaths of two Sherpas. However teams continued to make progress in their […]

April 21, 2012December 12, 2016Everest, Everest 2012 Coverage

Everest 2012: 2nd Sherpa Death, Time for Patience – Update

As expected the reports are slowing down as our climbers are all over the mountain today. Those back in base camp are […]

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