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...
Apr 20, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Everest Base Camp April 19, 2007 Namaste On April 16, we moved from Everest Base Camp (“EBC”) up through the Khumbu Icefall to Camp I (19,400 feet). We spent the night at Camp I and on April 17 we moved to Camp II (21,500 feet) . Camp II, also known as Advanced Base...
Apr 15, 2007 | Mountaineering |
Namaste: Feeling really good right now since I just took an outdoor shower and shaved. Fresh again as a Himalayan daisy. Two days ago, we climbed again to Pumori advanced base camp and set up camp for an overnight stay. The wind blew like crazy all night, but it was a...
