Everest 2015: Heavy Snow in the Khumbu
As climbers and trekkers make their way towards Everest Base Camp (EBC), doctor they are being challenged in many ways. Unusually heavy […]
Month: March 2015
Everest 2015: Leaving for Lhotse
In a few hours I will be flying towards Kathmandu for my attempt to summit the world’s fourth highest mountain, Lhotse at […]
Everest 2015: Teams Streaming into the Khumbu
With April 1 just around the corner, medicine it looks like business as usual on Everest. Team after team are updating their […]
Everest 2015: Climbs to Watch
Every year, there Everest attracts climbers wanting to do something out of the ordinary and 2015 will be no different. This is […]
Death of my Friend: Samuli Mansikka on Annapurna – Updated
Tragic news of the deaths of my friend Samuli Mansikka, 36, and Pemba Sherpa, 35, while descending from a successful summit of Annapurna […]
Everest 2015: Style Matters
The word “style” is a personal description of how one goes about an activity, a task, medicine a sport. In climbing, the […]
Forgetting Your Life
What if one night you received an email telling you that you had a 90% chance of developing Alzheimer’s and you were […]
The 8000 Meter Mountains
1-Everest Other names: Sagamartha, Chomolangma or Qomolangma Altitude: 8848 m, 29,028 feet Location: Tibet / Nepal First ascent: May 29, 1953 by […]
Everest 2015: Getting in the Everest Mindset
I closed my eyes for a moment as I made my way up another Colorado 14, 000 foot mountain. For that instance, […]
Everest 2015: The Reality of Everest
I’m noticing the seasonal increase in articles about Everest with the usual topics of trash, crowds, rich and famous, punters and more. […]