Puja! (Day 13) 

Puja! (Day 13) 

You might remember the traditional Nepali ceremony, know as the Puja, from my climb of Everest and Lhotse. This tradition is meant to ask the mountain for safe passage and to bless the climb. It is held in very high regard by the Sherpa people and necessary before...
Chaos & Coffee (Day 12) 

Chaos & Coffee (Day 12) 

Damn, I love routine! That might sound crazy coming from someone who intentionally puts himself into chaotic circumstances (E.g. trying to climb the “Savage Mountain”), but there is something incredibly satisfying about finding and creating order in these situations....

Call July 2

  Good evening from Pakistan, It’s John. It’s just wanted to call everyone and give everyone an update on what’s going on with our expedition. Last couple days been rest days, the weather is clearing up. It’s nice and sunny. Although the...
K2 Expedition Logistics (Day 11)

K2 Expedition Logistics (Day 11)

Today was a relatively boring day, at least from a reader’s standpoint. It was our latest breakfast so far, as is normal with rest days, and we spent the majority of our time reorganizing camp. When we arrived yesterday, there was so much snow that we set everything...
Call June 26

Call June 26

  Good evening from Pakistan. It’s me again. I am currently in the 10th or I should say an hour 10 time with Jessie say yes, you know, we are in 30th, which is boxing Italy house where we guess you sleeping 3. Yeah, if she’s in 13300 we had a long day...
Call June 25

Call June 25

  It’s me again. Hey everyone. It’s still having modem issues. I actually got some doubt in to upload or download a custom email or shoot me up. Yeah, if you can just settings issue. So we are working on that right now, but it’s a good sign that...
Call June 24

Call June 24

  (Not the best transcription, suggested to listen to the audio above) Good evening from Pakistan. Hey, everyone another day or modem issues. If not, actually, it is camp wide and a couple other teams are a few teams are using the the Raya travel light system, which...