Everest 2013: Weekend Update April 7
It was a good week for all those heading towards Mt. Everest. The weather was fine and reports from Base Camp included cold and snow – both good news after the dry and dangerous 2012 season. In 2012, salve I posted this for the April 8th Weekend update: In Nepal, Everest Base Camp received a […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update March 31
The last week of March has been busy for the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse climbers. Many left home, arrived in Kathmandu and have already started their trek towards their respective base camps. But many more will arrive this next week following closely behind in their journey. Not many trekkers and climbers post blogs after Namche […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update March 24
The Everest 2013 season has begun! Teams are streaming into Kathmandu this weekend preparing for a journey of a lifetime. For the first time climbers, s the sights, smells and sounds of Kathmandu take them to another place in time. For the returning climbers, memories are activated of previous adventures. And for everyone, there and […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update May 20 – Summits! – Death Update 3
Update 3: Season summary – 8 Confirmed deaths, 1 Missing: 40 year-old Karsang Namgyal Sherpa climbing with Prestige Adventures related to alcohol at base camp; Peak Freaks’ Namgyal Tshering Sherpa fell from a ladder into a crevasse near C1; Dawa Tenzing with Himex from stroke and died in Kathmandu; 33 year-old Indian, Ramesh Gulve, climbing […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update May 13
The second week of May 2012 will be recorded in Everest history as when a commercial expedition approaching 100 people told their climbers to get off the mountain, we are going home. With disbelief, salve the other teams quickly learned that Everest legend Russell Brice’s canceled his entire spring expeditions on Everest, healing Lhotse and […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update May 6
This was the week Everest fell apart – literary and figuratively. With concerns over the lack of snow surfacing back in late March, it was not until the Sherpas, store the tireless heroes of Everest, s started to establish Camp 3 on the Lhotse face that the danger became real. Multiple injuries from rock fall […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 29
It is hard to believe the Everest spring season is half over. At this point the climbers are in the middle of their acclimatization rotations with successful climbs of trekking peaks, perhaps to the North Col or a few nights at Camp 2 at the base of the Lhotse Face. A few have returned home […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 22
This was an extremely difficult week on Everest with the deaths of two Sherpas. However teams continued to make progress in their acclimatization spending nights at high camps, taking advantage of the mostly good weather on the south while high winds hindered progress a bit on the north. Sherpa Deaths A heavy tone hovers over […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 15
This past week was critical for our Everest climbers. After 7 to 10 days of trekking they reached Base Camp on the South or, there after the same amount driving, the Chinese Base Camp on the North. Thus it was time to unwind, rest and regroup for the real task ahead. The conditions seem to […]
Everest 2012: Weekend Update April 8
The annual march through the Khumbu continued this first week of April 2012. The teahouses were full and so were the climbers in anticipation of reaching Everest Base Camp this weekend. Ian Ridley climbing with Jagged Globe reported from Everest Base Camp – Nepal: This morning we climbed up above Gorak Shep to Kala Patter […]