May 13th, Base Camp The whole team is back in base camp this evening, the last of the Sherpa are rolling in this afternoon. We all had a great and worthwhile break down in Dingboche, and we’re feeling good and ready to go when we get our window of good weather. All of the climbers…
Lots has happened in the last few days! On May 6th, Irek, Newall, Gregg and I made our way up to Camp 3 at 24,000 ft. in perfect weather. It was a very enjoyable, albeit difficult day. We then spent another rest/acclimatization day in Camp 2 before coming down to BC this morning. Last night…
May 10, Dingboche We’re all here relaxing and enjoying our time down in the low, oxygen rich land of Dingboche. We’re eating great, and getting good restful nights of sleep. The Snow Lion Lodge here in Dingboche is feeling like home, and we are very well taken care of by the lady who runs the…
Base Camp Everest. May 7th Bill Allen Ephi, Neal, Chris, and I descended through the Khumbu Ice again this morning after 6 nights up at Camp 2. The rest of the team (Scott, Gregg, Irek, and Newall) are putting in their sixth night up high tonight, and will be back down here in the land…
“Skiing the Lhotse Face” May 7, 2011 Everest Basecamp Namaste and greetings everyone! We are finally back down in Basecamp after our second rotation on the mountain. We spent six nights at Camp II, which is at 21,400′ and had excellent weather while we were up there acclimatizing. The great thing about Camp II is…
Chris Davenport called in a report on reaching base camp today, and they’ll be posting some pics and dispatches a bit later. Everest May 7 2011 CDavenport from EBC
Camp 2, Everest Bill Allen Wow, another perfect beautiful day here at Camp 2. We’ve had amazing weather up here for round 2, last night was beautiful clear and starry, and it’s been just a stunning day again today. Our Sherpa team made another lap up to the S. Col and carried the final loads…
We are enjoying our 6 days here at Camp 2. We have been fortunate to have some really great weather thus far and have 3 days left before we head down. Bill, Neal, Ephi and Chris climbed to Camp 3 at 24,000 ft. today as part of a planned acclimatization trip. News Flash- Neal and…
Everest Camp 2, Monday April 4th We enjoyed another lovely day here at Camp 2. The Sherpa crew carried a load up to the S. Col, which is our high camp, today. We are all amazed at their capacity to work up here at these extreme high altitudes. They got 15 loads of Oxygen Part…
Bill Allen gives us an update from Camp 2 on their second rotation up high. click to hear Bill.[audio:http://mteverest2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/d8c22ae97b926fd0925c1ea86ea555d7104437e8.mp3]