Jan 22, 2016 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, California January 22, 2016 Dear Family & Friends: My sincere thanks to all of you who offered such kind words of encouragement and advice. I view every one of you as true friends, and I am grateful for your love and support. Please know that I read,...
Jan 14, 2016 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, California January 14, 2016 Dear Family & Friends: 2016 has not started well for me. I had a freak accident on New Years Eve. Every year, a good friend invites Sharon and I to his New Years Eve party. He is a 92-year old World War II veteran. He...
Jan 10, 2016 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, Ca. January 11, 2016 Dear Family & Friends: I hope your 2016 has started well and will finish in spectacular form. I culled through thousands of photos and hours of video to prepare a short movie of our Burke-Khang expedition late last year. You can...
Nov 30, 2015 | Mountaineering |
Costa Mesa, California November 30, 2015 Dear Family & Friends: As promised, this is my post-trip report concerning the Burke-Khang expedition. The report begins with our move from the village of Gokyo to Burke-Khang Base Camp and concludes with our helicopter...
Nov 21, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 20, 2015 Pokhara, Nepal Dear Family & Friends: After repeated attempts to change my flights home, I gave up and resigned myself to stay in Nepal until my original departure date on November 23. But, I opted for a change of scenery and moved to Pokhara,...
Nov 13, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 13, 2015 Kathmandu, Nepal Dear Family & Friends: We are all safely back at the Yak & Yeti celebrating another fantastic and magical experience in the Himalaya. This report will be brief because all 10 of my fingers are frost-nipped. They will heal...
Nov 12, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 12, 2015 We finally heard from Bill late last night! He called his wife Sharon from Lukla and briefly reported that all is well and the trip was great. They were so exhausted after descending to Base Camp that they took a helicopter back to Lukla instead of...
Nov 11, 2015 | Mountaineering |
We have not yet personally heard from Bill (most likely due to no battery left in satellite phone), but Garrett Madison has corresponded with his team back home and has sent some amazing photos. The photo below is the rock wall that turned them around-I think they...
Nov 9, 2015 | Mountaineering |
We just received this info from Garrett’s support team… “The climbing team got extremely close to the summit and unfortunately had to head back due to a very dangerous rock face. They believed the rock shelf was prone to falling. They are now headed...
Nov 9, 2015 | Mountaineering |
Garrett Madison, the team’s expedition leader, had this update posted to his website last night: “Yesterday Garrett & Sid, along with four of our climbing Sherpas went up from Camp 1 to work on fixing lines to the summit ridge. This was a slow and...
