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 Base Camp on the south (Nepal). It is not surprising that they have not updated their sites. Arriving at EBC is a busy time so perhaps a quick call home is all that […]
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 all week and so far so good. Just the usual trek sniffles, coughs and aches along with some heavy downpours and a few inches of fresh snow. But the biggest complaints thus far […]
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 the North. I have learned over the years that North side teams have much more difficulty in updating their sites due to a variety of issues so in their case, no news is […]
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 from here! Heavy rain showers kept many teams hunkered down in the tea houses yesterday and today but most pushed on to the higher villages including Periche. Expect a few teams to arrive […]
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 2012, thousands are doing the same journey and, I expect, with many experiencing the same results. We now have most of the Everest south teams en-route to Base Camp. Himex just reported as […]
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 and the flights to Lukla are running on schedule, which is unexpected 🙂 We have many reports from climbers and trekkers of arriving safely in Kathmandu, stuff with their luggage and are now […]
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 famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who have full time jobs, full time families in many cases and climb for the love of climb. Please send me […]
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, is important but there are two that stand alone; especially for those left at home. Climbing is about unknowns. Climbers accept, even thrive, in that no-mans land. Back home it is different. Today, […]
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 on the Nepal side. Again, no activity on the north until April 1, at the earliest. Right now the biggest issue most teams face is the uncertainty of the weather impacting their flight […]
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 or been there themselves know that Kathmandu is a meaningful part of any Everest experience. Ian Ridley captured it well on his blog: Driving through the streets of Kathmandu is one of those […]