May 24, 2009 | Mountaineering |
Click the following link to hear the report: Hello everyone, it’s Bill at Camp 2. Of course it snowing and blowing here like everywhere I go on this mountain, the wind and the snow follows me like a little puppy dog. Guess it’s because I’m...
May 23, 2009 | Mountaineering |
Click the following link to hear the report: May 23, 2009 Camp 4 Hello Everyone, It’s Bill Burke calling from Camp 4. I made it to the summit of Mt. Everest, Praise the Lord, thank God, I’m so happy. Mingma and I left Camp 4 at 10 PM (It was 10 PM) and...
May 22, 2009 | Mountaineering |
Orange County Register: OC man may be oldest American to summit Everest CBS 2: Costa Mesa Man, 67, Climbs Mount Everest Fox LA: Man may be the Oldest to Climb Everest KTLA: SoCal Senior Reaches Top of Mt. Everest
May 22, 2009 | Mountaineering |
May 22, 2009 Costa Mesa, CA He made it!! He’s at the TOP!!! I got this from Dawa: Just got the radio call from Puchhanga. He is looking at Bill and Mingma on the top of Everest. BILL IS ON THE TOP!!!! Dawa Steven Bill has not called me yet, but he might have a...
May 22, 2009 | Uncategorized |
May 22, 2009 7:45 PM Costa Mesa, CA I just got an e mail from Dawa at Base Camp. Here it is: I just got a radio call from mingma about 10 mins ago saying that they are at the hillary step. Bill is going to be at the summit within the next hour. We are all waiting for...
May 21, 2009 | Mountaineering |
May 21, 2009 Costa Mesa, CA Hi All, Bill called twice tonight. It was around 6 PM and he said he would send in an audio report in “about an hour”. It’s still not here. I thought I would tell you what he told me. ***Update*** Audio report from Bill...
May 21, 2009 | Mountaineering |
May 21, 2009 Costa Mesa, CA I have not heard from Bill…….. &*%$@#!!!, but got an answer from Dawa, who is at Base Camp monitoring the team on the mountain.. “Bill and Bud both made it to Camp4 about 2pm today. they are both in great physical...
May 20, 2009 | Mountaineering |
Click the following link to hear the report: (Transcript of the audio.) Hello there, Bill Burke Camp 3, 23,000 ft on the Lhotse face. We all arrived here safely. That’s Mingma, myself, Bud and Puchhanga. And this was my favorite day on the mountain, I really...
May 19, 2009 | Mountaineering |
(This was supposed to be posted before the last audio report so that they would be in order, but this one was held up in Base Camp. It was to include a couple of photos, but they never arrived. If they do, I will post them. – Sharon) Everest Base Camp May 17,...
May 19, 2009 | Mountaineering |
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