Virtual Everest 2020: Special Edition – Video Interview with Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow Expeditions
Virtual Everest 2020: Special Edition – Video Interview with Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow Expeditions
Virtual Everest 2020: Climbers in Trouble on the Descent
The summit is halfway. The team did well, but altitude, fatigue, low-oxygen levels got the best of them. A dangerous helicopter mission was launched trying to save a life
Virtual Everest 2020: Descending from the Summit and a Rescue
Our fictional team did great on Everest with 8 of 9 members summiting plus 9 Climbing Sherpas & Guide. But one member is fighting for his life with HAPE and needs a rescue
Virtual Everest 2020: Summit!!
We have summits from our fictional team! Almost everyone made it but some just barely. However, as we know, the summit is only halfway.
Virtual Everest 2020: Climbing to the Summit
The team was now on their summit push. The conditions were good, but the toll of being in the Death Zone was apparent. Some of our fictional team were in trouble.
Virtual Everest 2020: Summit Push Begins
The winds calmed during the extra day the virtual team spent at the South Col. They strategized how to manage climbing with 100 people.They left the Col for the summit.
Virtual Everest 2020: Trapped at the South Col
The entire virtual team made it to the South Col, but winds from the cyclone unexpectedly hit them. About 100 people were in their tents, trying to survive the Death Zone.
Virtual Everest 2020: Crossing the Yellow Band and Video Interview with Mike Hamill of CTSS
After a windy night at C3, the fictional team moved to the South Col, crossing the Yellow Band and up the Geneva Spur. The winds had calmed but then a surprise. Also, a real-world video interview with Mike Hamill of the guide company, climbing the Seven Summits.
Virtual Everest 2020: A Stormy Lhotse Face
Our 2020 Virtual Everest team, on a tiny weather window, is on their summit push. They made it to Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face in horrible conditions. High winds, numbing winds made them work for it.
Virtual Everest 2020: Weather Decisions and Video Interview with Simon Lowe of Jagged Globe
The fictional Everest team, now at C2 on their summit push, received an updated weather report on Cyclone Amphan. Guide and Dawa gave the team the news over dinner. Also, a real-world interview I did with Jagged Globe’s Managing Director, Simon Lowe on Monday, May 18. We discuss the Everest closure, the Pandemic, and the 1996 Everest tragedy.