May 24, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download… Written report translated from audio report: “Hello everyone! It’s Bill Burke from Chinese Base Camp, May 23rd. We came down yesterday, Doug, Aboul, and I, and so we are back down where we started and the climbing is done for this...
May 22, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download… Written report translated from audio report: “Hello Everyone, It’s Bill Burke from…. I sent a report on what happened over 24 hrs ago from the north col but my wife just told me that it didn’t go through. I feel very bad about...
May 19, 2011 | Mountaineering |
We heard from Bill tonight. He is back down safely to Camp 3 but did not make the summit. He sounded exhausted and upset. Mingma made him turn around, so we are thankful that if Mingma felt it was not safe for him to continue that he was there to advise him whether he...
May 19, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download…Written report translated from the audio report: “Hello Family and Friends We’re all resting at Camp 3 which is high camp I don’t know the exact altitude, something over 27,000 feet, 27,4 or 5, It’s on my website on the route...
May 18, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download…Written report translated from the audio report: “Namaste everyone, this is Aboul, Doug and Bill at Camp 2 tucked inside a 2 person tent, but we slept last night and everybody’s feeling good. In my last post you could probably not hear...
May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Click here to download…Written report translated from audio report: “Hello, it’s Bill Burke calling from Camp 2. We’re facing the full fury of the mountain fighting back. I just thought I would call and let you hear what the wind sounds like on Mount Everest....
May 17, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download… Written report translated from audio report: “Namaste Everyone It is May 18 and I am now parked at the North Col, it’s a little lower than 23,000 feet. Yesterday we moved up from ABC finally to the North Col. We decided to move yesterday rather...
May 15, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download…Written report translated from audio report: “Namaste Family and Friends- It’s Bill Burke from Advanced Base Camp, May 15. Things have taken a turn for the better. The Chinese have decided based on the weather reporting good for May 18, 19...
May 13, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download…Written report translated from audio report: “Namaste family and friends! This is Bill Burke from ABC. The weather has been typically erratic and nasty and unpredictable just like last year on the North side. No summits obviously because...
May 11, 2011 | Mountaineering |
Click here to download…Written report translated from audio report: “Hello Everyone, I’m in my tent at ABC (Advanced Base Camp), the sun is out, it’s very warm but there’s a light snowfall. The last couple of days we have had quite a bit of snowfall. Two days...
