{"id":26597,"date":"2017-05-13T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=26597"},"modified":"2017-05-13T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T17:06:58","slug":"everest-2017-first-team-summits-transcend-adventures-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/13\/everest-2017-first-team-summits-transcend-adventures-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2017: First Team Summits on North, New Female Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that is predictable about climbing Mt. Everest it is the unpredictability. Currently some teams must feel like a yo-yo. They were heading higher, but then retreated. However\u00a0one team kept going and separately, a record was set for female summits\u00a0on Everest.<\/p>\n

Record 8th Female Summit<\/h3>\n

44-year-old Lhakpa Sherpa set\u00a0record with 8th female summit on Tibet side 13 May. Lhakpa, who once worked in a 7-Eleven shop in Connecticut, has\u00a0three children and once summited eight months after the birth of her first daughter and while she was two months pregnant with her second child. Her first summit was in 2002. She was quoted :<\/p>\n

\u00a0… wanted to show that Nepali women have the courage and endurance to perform their best despite all their hardships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Transcend Adventures<\/h3>\n
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Camp 3 at 8300 meters on Everest North Side. courtesy of Transcend Adventures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Indian team of Transcend Adventure put 6 members on the summit along with 10 Sherpas. These were\u00a0the first non-Sherpa summits of 2017.<\/p>\n

Transcend is an Indian owned adventure company with offices in Kathmandu. They run climbing trips and helped the youngest woman to summit Everest,\u00a0Indian Malavath Purna, 13 years 11 months on May 25, \u00a0in 2014 from the north\u00a0side<\/p>\n

This year they have 23 teenage members with an equal number of\u00a0Sherpas. Three of their young climbers\u00a0have left\u00a0the expedition for personal or health reason. The Sherpas,\u00a0who\u00a0also work with Arun Trekking, fixed the ropes to the summit a few days ago.<\/p>\n

Transcend posted on their site that they were leaving for\u00a0the summit late night 12 May from Camp\u00a03. They were reported reaching the 2nd Step around 2:00 am. They told me the winds picked up in early morning between 3 \u00a0– 5 am but otherwise were not an issue. Their home team does not report any injuries or issues and said half the team was back at ABC by 6 pm with the rest not far behind.<\/p>\n

Transcend<\/a> posted:<\/p>\n

6 Climbers from the Transcend Adventures Indian Team have reached the summit of Mt. Everest along with 10 Sherpas as listed below. Every climber and sherpa have returned safely returned to lower camps. 3 Climbers have already reached ABC and the rest will reach in about 2 hours. Transcend Adventures once again salutes the lifelines of Himalayan Climbing: The Sherpa People.<\/p>\n

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  1. Mr. Krishna at 9:05 a.m<\/li>\n
  2. Mr. Bharat Thammineni<\/li>\n
  3. Suresh Babu,<\/li>\n
  4. Durga Rao<\/li>\n
  5. Mr. Satya Rao at 8:40 a.m,<\/li>\n
  6. Mr. Nagaraju Sundarana at 8:20 a.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There were 10 Sherpas that summited:<\/p>\n

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    1. Pemba Chhepal Sherpa, Thame<\/li>\n
    2. Purba Sherpa, Sethang<\/li>\n
    3. Tashi Chhumbel Sherpa, Gumsa<\/li>\n
    4. Norbu \u00a0 Sherpa, Makalu<\/li>\n
    5. Pasang Dorjee Sherpa, Thame<\/li>\n
    6. Phura Tenzing Sherpa, Thame<\/li>\n
    7. Kami Temba Sherpa, Thame<\/li>\n
    8. Sonam Tashi<\/li>\n
    9. Karma Dorjee Sherpa, Phortse<\/li>\n
    10. Lakpa Tshering \u00a0Sherpa, Thame<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      It has\u00a0become very popular for expedition operators to take teenage Indians on Everest expeditions. They receive a lot of publicity before and just after their climbs, but it is unclear that this moment transfers to longer term advantage.<\/p>\n

      Ameet Singh<\/a><\/span> told me:<\/p>\n

      these are stories that need to be told daily wage labourers in india earn as much as the porters do on the trail to EBC this boy is a living example of the opportunity in adversity in india today the nonlinear growth and expectations that india has amongst its poor and underprivileged. Everest is a means to climb out of social inequalities. Everest is much more for some among us over others.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      Congratulations to the members and their Sherpas for staying with it during some challenging conditions. The next team of Transcend climbers\u00a0should head up as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

      North Teams Move Up and some Sit tight<\/h3>\n

      As I have\u00a0mentioned several times this week, the weather on the north side has been calmer\u00a0than on the south, but the uncertainty of how long the winds will stay away kept some teams from even trying yesterday. But others are moving into position for their summit push.<\/p>\n

      George Kashouh<\/a> talked about Summit Climb’s plans:<\/p>\n

      Still no news on the weather. We know an expedition made it to the summit this morning so the first success has already come in. The winds look high for the next few days and we might even descend back to the village again.<\/p>\n

      Today I went for a two hour walk with some friends down to some tents where local Tibetans sell food and trinkets. I was hoping to resupply on some snacks but they only really had tea and beads.<\/p>\n

      On the return I took this video of base camp and you can see it’s a bit windy. I’m not too concerned about the weather since we have plenty of time at the moment. Our expedition usually is one of the last to summit and although no one likes waiting this is all completely normal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n