Everest 2017: Weekend Update April 2
Kathmandu has become flooded with climbers in addition to the normal spring trekkers. The hotels are full, the restaurants noisy and an overall feeling of anticipation in the air. Everest 2017 is well underway and it appears Nepal’s tourism industry has recovered from earthquakes, strikes and embargos. Each weekend during the season I will try […]
Everest 2015: Weekend Update – April 19
I will try to do a weekend update each Sunday while on Everest/Lhotse. This update is all about the weather. We arrived at Everest Base Camp on Monday, store April 13 to heavy snow, and overcast skies – and that is the story of the week. Each day brought cold temps and culminated with a […]
Everest 2014: Weekend Update May 4: Climbing Continues, South Withdrawal
Climbing continues on Everest’s north side with over 100 climbers making steady progress with their acclimatization rotations. Also, teams on Cho Oyu and other Himalayan 8000m mountains are preparing for their summit pushes. The only place it is not business as usual is on Nepal’s side of Mt. Everest where April 18th will be remembered […]
Everest 2014: Weekend Update April 13 – Full Base Camp
Heavy snow greeted climbers as they finished the trek to Everest Base Camp on Nepal’s side or started the drive to Chinese Base Camp on Tibet’s side. But there were no reported problems and teams will start their acclimatization rotations through the Khumbu Icefall this week. Big Picture This past week teams made steady progress […]
Everest 2014: Weekend Update April 6 – Sherpa Death, Trekker Progress
As climbers were leaving Kathmandu for the flight to Lukla, no the worse possible news came from Everest Base Camp (EBC) – one Sherpa had died and another seriously hurt in a fall. These tragic events, while not unprecedented have set a tone of concern across the teams. Big Picture Teams went through the logistics […]
Everest 2014: Weekend Update March 30 – Arrivals and Confusion
Kathmandu has become flooded with climbers in addition to the normal spring trekkers. The hotels are full, the restaurants noisy and an overall feeling of anticipation in the air. In spite of all the bad press Everest receives each year, it is forgotten once the team arrives in Thamel. The climbing teams will trickle in […]
Everest 2014: Weekend Update March 23 – Transitions
Transitions: where an end meets a beginning; where a beginning meets an end. This is when emotions are fueled, salve relationships defined, sense awoken. Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, beaches and oceans, mountains and plains. This weekend marks a major transition for our Everest 2014 climbers and their families. The dreaming has ended, the climbing is […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update May 26
This past week was about as good as it gets on Everest. The winds were manageable, look the crowds tolerable and the summits plenty. There was little drama as the 2012 season neared the end. Every day we saw multiple summits on both sides. However the North side took the full force of high winds, […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update, Summit Wave 5 – Update 2
Wave 5, Update 2: IMG reports 21 on the summit this morning including the US Air Force team climbing. Conditions are noted as cold and windy. Jagged Globe reported 3 more on top: Nacer Ibnabdeljalil, Guy Munnoch and Guy Manning summited this morning with Sherpas, Dawa Gelji, Tashi and Karma. We believe this is the […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update May 12
We saw the first summits of the 2013 Everest season on Friday with the Sherpas fixing the line to the summit. The UK’s David Tait plus Himex Sherpa Lhakpa Nuru were close behind allowing David to nab his 5th summit. On their heels was David Liano, climbing with logistics from Asian Trekking, who summited at 8:05AM Saturday […]