May 11, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Pheriche May 11, 2007 Namaste, The six hour trek from Base Camp to the Himalayan Hotel in Pheriche was pleasant and enjoyable. It was a real treat to order off a menu and the food was delicious. I had a tuna and cheese grilled sandwich with french fries and it was so...
May 10, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Base Camp May 9, 2007 Namaste: We are all safely back at Base Camp and the Everest/Lhotse teams are reunited. This last trip up to Camp III was an adventure and a test of the limits of human endurance…or at least this human’s endurance. I feel good to...
May 7, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Camp 3 May 7, 2007 Namaste, We all arrived at Camp 3 safely, so mission accomplished with your thoughts and prayers. Thank you very much. Climbing from Camp 2 to Camp 3 is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It made climbing in the Khumba Icefall...
May 5, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Camp 2 May 5, 2007 Namaste, The move from Camp 1 to Camp 2 up the Western Cwm wasn’t too bad except for the unbearable heat. At one point I was moving out from a heavy cloud cover and snow and I felt like I was going to faint from heat stroke, but we all...
May 4, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Hello, Bill and the group are at Camp 2. Check out the latest two audio messages from Dan Mazur. http://www.everestnews.com/summitclimb/everestsouth05042007.htm Sharon Burke
May 3, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Camp 1 May 3, 2007 Namaste, We made our third push through the Icefall and are resting at Camp 1. I thought that the third climb through the Icefall would get easier, but it doesn’t. I can’t even begin to describe how hard that climb is to get to...
Apr 29, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Base Camp April 29, 2007 Namaste: The death of Dawa Sherpa on the Lhotse Face was a stunning and sad blow to everyone on the mountain. We arrived just after it happened, and one of our group helped bury him in the snow. They brought his body down the mountain...
Apr 26, 2007 | Mountaineering |
I received a recorded phone message from Bill in the night. Here is what he said: It’s Bill calling from Camp 2 and there has been a terrible accident on the Lhotse face, which is where I was headed today. A Sherpa from one of the other teams fell to his death....
Apr 25, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Hello, Bill just called from Camp 2. He reported they went up again through Khumba Icefall and stayed at camp 1, then went on to Camp 2 two nights ago. Took a little hike yesterday. It was early morning when he called and today will climb to Camp 3, which is not set...
Apr 22, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Base Camp April 22, 2007 Namaste The rock piles are white! Yesterday afternoon, we had an unexpected snowstorm and EBC is covered with snow. Nice change. In order to keep our bodies in shape and give us something to do, Mark, Bruce and I hiked back down to...
