Update

Update

February 15, 2011 Under a good deal of pressure from my daughter, Lisa, I have set up a Facebook account for Eight Summits.  The link is on my website. I will use my website to post expedition reports from the mountain, and will use Facebook for more informal reports...
Adventure 2011

Adventure 2011

January 5, 2011 In April of this year, I will be returning to Mt. Everest to attempt a double ascent, which has never been done: ascend and descend on the North side in Tibet, travel to Nepal and then ascend and descend on the South side. Mingma, who was my Sherpa in...
Thoughts for the New Year

Thoughts for the New Year

December 6, 2010 Dear Family & Friends: During the darkest days of World War II, King George VI came to the microphone of the BBC to deliver the annual Christmas message to the British Commonwealth. He spoke these eloquent and immortal words: And I said to the man...