Vanessa called in a post after the team’s first rotation up to 21,500′ on Mount Everest. They are all back in Base Camp, having descended through the Khumbu Icefall during the wee hours of the morning and are enjoying the comforts of the (relatively) thicker air. recording
It’s another beautiful day up here at Camp 2, where we will spend the day going for a short hike, but mostly resting and acclimating. Today seems like a good opportunity to acknowledge some of the rest of the team that make this trip possible for us. Here at Camp 2 we’ve got a lead…
Hey everyone it’s Vanessa from Camp 2 on April 25th. Yesterday, we arrived and settled into camp and today we were lucky enough to have a day of rest. It’s not easy living here at 21,500′ but it’s been much more comfortable with our dinning tent and our cook who made omelettes and pancakes for…
We made it to Camp 2 on Mount Everest today! This serves as our advanced base camp and we will end up spending a bunch of days here to acclimate over the next few weeks. We make it pretty comfortable with a small SlingFin dome dining tent and a cook! We all just arrived after…
Namaste from 20,000 feet! Against some protest from our sleepy bodies, We woke up at 1am this morning and after some coffee and breakfast we started up through the Khumbu icefall towards Camp 1. It was a beautiful night with the nearly full moon in the east and except for some winds it was perfect…
Hello again from Everest Base Camp! We’ve had a great stay at our semi luxurious base camp here at 17,500 ft on the Khumbu Glacier, but we are ready to start climbing this big mountain that looms over us. We’ve spent the last week acclimatizing, practicing some ice climbing and ladder crossing skills, and preparing…
Namaste Everyone! Here’s our final dispatch from the trekking crew. Two days ago our small group left Namche Bazaar after a relaxing morning visiting the Sherpa Museum that was full of Everest memorabilia and artifacts from the local Sherpa culture. Before hitting the trail we stopped one last time for sweets at the Namche Bakery.…
Hi everyone it’s Vanessa again! Today we woke up to clouds and lots of wind, but fortunately the skies cleared in time for our Puja Ceremony. After breakfast, the crew was working furiously to get the Stupa set up in time for our ceremony. The Puja is an important ceremony where we pay respect to…
Namaste Everyone! It started as another beautiful day here at 17,450 ft on the Khumbu Glacier at foot of Mount Everest, blue sky and calm winds down here at base camp, but we could see the winds blowing up above. We had a leisurely morning, coming over to the dining tent about the time the…
An update from Ben & the trekking team currently at Namche Bazaar. Yesterday morning the trekking team said their sad goodbyes to Bill, Greg, Vanessa and the high altitude Sherpa team at Everest base camp. Rachel and Ephi took a scenic helicopter ride out. And Luke & Oliver and I continued to the thicker air…