Were up again in Camp 2 getting ready to go on up to Camp 3 in the next couple days. Lots of people here now between C2 and C3. This is our longest rotation up high, 6-7 days. After this one, we will be ready to summit! Our Sherpa team moved Oxygen and tents up…
Scott called in a post from Camp 1 on the team’s second real rotation up the mountain. Some exciting news is that Trudi is back!! Scott and Trudi are at Camp 1, and Manoj has moved up to spend the night at Camp 2, in the company of some of our Climbing Sherpas. It sounds…
The team is all here in Base Camp now. We are enjoying Base Camp life and spend our days visiting friends in camp,enjoying hot showers and unlimited WiFi internet, eating sushi… it’s all good! We have been going over the details of our next rotation up the hill. We’re planning to stay for 6-7 days…
We had an early morning today, waking up at 4am in Camp 2 and starting down by 5am to both beat the heat and hopefully have an uneventful passage through the icefall. As as the day warms, there is a higher amount of activity in the icefall, so we hoped to get through before things…
We went for a long hot slog today up the Western Cwm. We moved up to just below the impressive SW face of Everest. The last couple nights in Camp 1 were absolutely amazing and were calm, cold with the most amazing moon rise behind Lhotse. Manoj and I are planning to spend a couple…
It is crazy hot here in Camp 1 today! We went for a hike up towards camp 2 today. Conditions are quite interesting, as we have lots of powder avalanche activity off Nuptse and the west ridge. Tomorrow, we hope to move up to Camp 2 for a few days, but we’ll see how things…
Manoj, our Sherpa team and I had a spectacular morning in the icefall today. Conditions coming up were OK, although we encountered lots of deep fresh snow at Camp 1 here. We made it up, although we were not moving too quickly through the Icefall. After a very hot, sunny morning, now we’re now finding…
Here’s a quick note from Everest Base Camp. The weather has been overcast with a lot of snow, so we are waiting this weather system out. But tomorrow’s forecast looks good so off we are considering moving out tonight, heading for Camp 1 and then up to Camp 2. -Scott Woolums reporting from Everest Base…
We’ve had some significant changes to our Everest team in the past couple of days. Some of our team have had a change of heart as far as their priorities are concerned at the present time. An expedition like Mount Everest is a huge commitment, and traveling through the Icefall is fraught with hazards that…
It’s been a very special morning in the Khumbu Icefall today! The day started out very dark and cloudy with light snow, but it is now sunny and warm. It’s quite beautiful, actually, although there was a fair bit of fresh snow last night. We are now back in Base Camp after some concern with…