Valerio Massimo Everest Expedition 2009

Me on the summit of Cho Oyu with Everest in the background

Entries from May 11th, 2009

First week at EBC

May 11th, 2009 12 Comments

Hello all, Alix here! I’ve now been at Base Camp for a week, and it’s amazing how easy it’s been to slip into camp life. Going to sleep in a freezing tent at 9pm, wearing a full down suit, gloves, and a wooly hat, seems normal; waking up in the night to the sound of […]

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Back from Camp 3

May 7th, 2009 22 Comments

Hello to all from EBC – it really is good to be back.   Sorry I haven’t posted properly since I left up the mountain, but thank you very much to Alix’s father who posted the brief updates I called in from my Sat Phone while I was on the mountain.   I have to […]

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Yakkity Yak

May 4th, 2009 14 Comments

Hello! This is my first chance to see the internet – or in fact any electricity- in over a week, since my last posting. My mother and I (assuming voice of the Queen for Tim) went off into the backwoods where the lodges are made of nothing but plywood (nice if your neighbour is a […]

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