May 23, 2007 | Mountaineering
Costa Mesa May 23, 2007 10 PM Bill is safe and at Camp II. After I have said that NO WAY would Bill ever try to climb Everest again, I got a call tonight from him telling me that the reason he hadn’t called was because he was busy organizing a second attempt!!...
May 23, 2007 | Mountaineering
Costa Mesa May 23, 2007 1:45 PM Hello, I have not heard again from Bill. We are waiting. I know he was very tired and we are anxious to hear that he has made it safely further down the mountain. Yesterday Dan Mazur reported on Everestnews.com that Terry and his Sherpa...
May 22, 2007 | Mountaineering
Costa Mesa, CA May 21, 2007 7:52 AM I just received a phone call from Bill. He is at Camp 4 and he is fine. They arrived back at Camp 4 a little over an hour ago. He got within 200 ? of the summit, but was afraid he would not be able to make it back if he continued...
May 21, 2007 | Mountaineering
Everest Camp IV May 21, 2007 (6:52 AM PDT) Namaste, The four of us are crammed in a small tent before we make our move to the summit. The move from Camp III to Camp IV was huge. It was straight up the Lhotse face. The oxygen was a huge help. Now we are resting for our...
May 20, 2007 | Mountaineering
Everest Camp 3 May 20, 2007 Namaste, I wish you could see me now. I am in my tent at Camp III on the Lhotse face with an oxygen mask covering my nose and mouth. I had to take it off for the phone call of course. The oxygen mask is attached to a large oxygen bottle. It...
May 19, 2007 | Mountaineering
Everest Camp 2 May 20, 2007 Namaste, This is a PS to yesterday’s report. I’ve decided to come clean and describe an event that occurred yesterday on the way from Camp 1 to Camp 2. We were about one mile from Camp 2 and I sent my Sherpa up to Camp 2 since...
