This is dictated from Camp 2 at 6400 Meters.
We came up through the Icefall during the night as planned. Three of us made it to Camp 1 at 6100 Meters by the 7am deadline, but in the end 5 of the 14 in Team 1 made it to Camp 2 at 6400 Meters, arriving mid-morning. Camp 2 [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2009
At Camp 2
April 30th, 2009 5 Comments
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The party’s over….off to Camp 3 on Everest
April 28th, 2009 6 Comments
Hello to all from EBC.
Well finally here we go. This morning we had a full team meeting where the two teams for the upcoming final acclimatisation trip were announced. I am in Team 1, also known as the ‘Yaks’ (the second team are the ‘Yetis’), and we leave tomorrow morning at 2.30am to head off [...]
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Lobuche Peak – Part 2 (there will be no Part 3…)
April 27th, 2009 7 Comments
Hello to all from EBC.
Well I was supposed to post again on Friday, but frankly, could not be bothered and have spent a very relaxing ‘weekend’ doing precisely nothing, on Russell’s orders of course.
Anyway back to where I left off. On Wednesday we trekked the 12km down to Lobuche Base Camp again. The reason I [...]
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