Virtual Everest 2020: Back to Base Camp and A Narrow Escape
The fictional team returned from Camp 3 at 23,600-feet on the Lhotse Face and decided to go all the way to base camp due to impending weather. Climbing through the Icefall in late morning is never a good idea and She found out why.
Virtual Everest 2020: Storm at Camp 3
The team experienced an extremely difficult night at Camp 3 at 26,300-feet on the Lhotse Face. The wind and snow pummeled them throughout the night forcing difficult decisions for our fictional climbers.
Virtual Everest 2020: Climbing the Lhotse Face
The team climbed the Lhotse Face to Camp3 at 23,600-feet. Split into three groups, some were fast, others not so much. And the views were stunning..
Virtual Everest 2020: Doubts at Camp 2
With better weather, our Virtual Everest 2020 fictional team returned to Camp 2 for their rotation to overnight at C3, and get their ticket to the top. But some members are having doubts.
Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Tour
The good weather couldn’t last forever and it came with a vengeance today keeping everyone trapped. Dutch took a video tour of Everest Base Camp before the storm.
Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 26- Greg Vernovage Interview
During this Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas project, I’m adding a new aspect of my coverage, a video report on most Sundays. I will recap the week and preview what we can expect coming up. Also a brief interview with the guides participating in the Support the Climbing Sherpa project. Today is with International Mountain Guides (IMG) Greg Vernovage
Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Life and Summit Schedules
When will we summit? A question asked a thousand times during an expedition. The answer is more complicated that it appears, and also, reveals a lot about the team dynamics. Our fictional team discuss plans over dinner. In the real world, Mingma G posted that the “Chinese Everest team climbing on the Tibet side, has […]
Virtual Everest 2020: Difficult Times
It happens to almost everyone, at some point on a long expedition, the body revolts. The pain begins, the cough gets harder and then you address it. Will the drugs work? Need more rest? Go home. Difficult times for our virtual Everest 2020 team. Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas is a joint […]
Virtual Everest 2020: Sherpas at C2
Living for the season at 21,000-feet, the Cooks, are the backbone of any Everest expedition along with the Climbing Sherpas. Our fictional team is busy creating red blood cells as they spend another night at C2. Meanwhile in the real world, China Daily is live-streaming a video of Everest from the Tibet side using the […]
Virtual Everest 2020: Acclimatization at C2
Now at Camp 2, 21,000-feet, the team begins to adjust to the extreme altitude. There is no way to avoid acclimatizing if you want to summit Everest, almost 8,000 feet higher. Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas is a joint project of Alan Arnette and several global guide companies. Our objective is to […]