by John Stenderup | May 17, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
The lines are now fixed and the most recent weather forecasts continue to show decreasing wind speeds, so the time has come for us to make a move. Our team has made the decision to break camp tonight and start our summit push. The first group of Ghurkas returned to...
by John Stenderup | May 16, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
Day 42: Monday, May 15th (Rest Day in Pangboche) It’s been one month since Dad left EBC and it feels like it was just yesterday. I can hardly believe that I’ve considered a desolate campsite located on a glacier at 17,200′ home for over a month. A...
by John Stenderup | May 14, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
Day 40: Saturday, May 13th (Drop to Pangboche) Last night was very frustrating, followed by an extremely demoralizing day. My pack had been loaded and we were on the verge of pushing up the mountain to attempt another summit push. For the past few days, there had been...
by John Stenderup | May 11, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
We have spent the last two days at EBC, while we rest up for our next summit push. At this point, it is a waiting game and I’m doing my best to practice patience. Below are my journal entries during this time… Wednesday, May 10th (Rest Day at EBC) Wow,...
by John Stenderup | May 11, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
Kathy: Will your team still be in the same queue as you originally were, once you can head out again? (i.e. willl you still be one of the first teams to head up the mountain?) Good question! The order at which teams summit is completely based on their ability to...
by John Stenderup | May 10, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
While everyone already knows the outcome of our first attempt at a summit bid, I wanted to share my journal entries leading up to yesterday’s return to EBC. Despite the eventual disappointment, we did have some fun along the way, which you will soon see 😉 ...
by John Stenderup | May 9, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
I know that everyone was anticipating a call from C3 today with an update on the move to C4. Unfortunately, that is not the case, as those of you who have been monitoring my GPS tracker have noticed. I appreciate all of those who have already reached out to check on...
by John Stenderup | May 8, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
The audio quality is a bit poor, but John and the team are at Camp 2 and headed to Camp 3 on their way to the summit. They chose to wait an extra day due to weather but all is...
by John Stenderup | May 5, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
You know when you mark your calendar for a big occasion? You spend countless hours/days preparing for it… You can’t sleep because you are always thinking about it… You borderline obsess over the details… but it still seems like that day will...
by John Stenderup | May 5, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse
WARNING: Family members may want to sit down before they begin reading this post… With our summit push departure set for tomorrow morning, there is something that I need to get off of my chest. I have secured a permit to climb Lhotse and plan to attempt to do...
