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 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...
