Mar 21, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Pochara, Nepal March 20, 2017 Namaste Family & Friends: There I sat in the helicopter, hovering a few hundred feet above Burke-Khang Base Camp, negotiating the price for my return to safety, sanity and reality. In over four decades of practicing law all over the...
Mar 17, 2017 | Mountaineering |
March 17, 2017 From his daughter Lisa- These short messages came in this morning: Starting to snow just as we leave Im coming home. This morning I was dressed and ready to go up. Still no weather report from Fagin. I did one more check before we started up. It came....
Mar 16, 2017 | Mountaineering |
March 16, 2017 I am at Base Camp. Stunning beauty. Very cold & windy. No snow since Gokyo. Took 5 Sherpas 25 hours over 2 days to run lines from BC to C1. No internet & very little communication possible. Trying to get sat phones working. Love my team....
Mar 13, 2017 | Mountaineering |
March 13, 2017 Hi Everyone- This is Lisa, Bill’s daughter who does his posting for him. He is doing great and should be helicoptering into basecamp today. I am traveling so this post from March 11th is delayed a few days. Audio Dispatch from March 11th...
Mar 10, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Gokyo March 10, 2017 Namaste Family & Friends: My good friend, Alan Arnette, has just posted an article about my climb on his website. He asked some pretty searching questions about why I am here. The link is below, and I hope you will read it. If you are...
Mar 6, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Namche Bazar March 6, 2017 Namaste Family & Friends: Channeling a famous Beach Boys’ tune, I’m feeling the good vibrations about this trip. Everything seems to be functioning like clockwork, just as planned. On March 5, I was up at 5:30 am to get...
Mar 4, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Kathmandu, Nepal March 4, 2017 Namaste Family & Friends: So far, this trip has gone just too perfect. I haven’t fallen asleep and missed a flight. I had a great time in Hong Kong. I enjoyed a full night of sleep last night in Kathmandu. The meeting at the...
Feb 27, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, Ca. February 27, 2017 Dear Family & Friends: Dawa Steven called with good news. The Sherpas completed the helicopter reconnaissance and the trip is on. Naga Dorjee Sherpa, Shera Gyaljen Sherpa and Sonam Bhote boarded the helicopter on February 25 and...
Feb 16, 2017 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, Ca. February 23, 2017 “stubborn” |ˈstəbərn|–having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so; difficult to move, remove, or cure; done or...
Dec 31, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Costa Mesa, Ca. December 31, 2016 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: I...
