Everest 2012: Oxygen Issues, EBC is Ready
Kind of a quiet day today as most teams are in the upper Khumbu and perhaps a few have arrived at Everest […]
Tag: Everest 2012 Coverage
Everest 2012: A Journey through Tibet
It looks like the first teams trekking to Everest Base Camp – South will arrive this weekend. We have been following them […]
Everest 2012: Annapurna Circuit, Lobuche and More
Teams continue to make the march towards Everest Base Camp on the South, while there is the usual dearth of news from […]
Everest 2012: Icefall Route In, Climbers getting Close
Reports continue to come in from teams on their steady progress to Everest Base Camp. You can almost feel their pulse quickening […]
Everest 2012: Trekking the Khumbu
In 1997, I trekked from Lukla to Everest Base Camp. Those three weeks changed my life forever. This first week of April […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 1
Well the first significant week of Everest 2012 is competed with no serious issues. The Nepalese are issuing climbing permits as expected […]
Everest 2012: Interview with Sandra Leduc
This interview with Sandra Leduc is part of an ongoing series of interviews I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the […]
Everest 2012: The Two Most Important Days on Everest for …
When you are gone from home for 2 months, case 60 days, 60 “sleepies”; it takes a toll. Every day, and night, […]
Everest 2012: Lukla, the World’s Most Dangerous Airport
Teams continue to make good progress as they arrive in Kathmandu, fly to Lukla and begin the trek to Everest Base Camp […]
Everest 2012: Climbers in Kathmandu
More and more teams are now in Kathmandu preparing to catch their flights to Lukla or Lhasa. Anyone who has followed me […]