Lhotse: The World’s 4th Tallest

by | 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...

Fear

by | May 4, 2017 | Everest, Lhotse

I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and had planned on sharing it with you before we began our Summit Rotation. Now that we have decided to break camp in about 30 hours, to make our push for the summit, I suppose it’s as good of a time as any. Also, this was...

Q&A 

by | May 4, 2017 | Everest

Stephanie:  How is weather determined when finding an opening to make the final summit? Each team generally pays a meteorologist for forecast information. We receive weeklong forecasts that show current conditions and trends for the upcoming week. It may seem obvious...

Trajedy & Remaining Focused by Geoff Schellens

by | May 3, 2017 | Everest

Geoff Schellens is a longtime friend of mine and my climbing mentor, the one person that I attribute most of my climbing success to.  I’m blessed to have him by my side as we attempt to climb Mount Everest.  He is a great climber and a beast at altitude but you...

2nd Rotation Journal Entries (Days 1-3)

by | May 2, 2017 | Everest

These are my journal entries from the first three days of my 2nd Rotation. I have chosen to post the 4th day, the day of Ueli Steck’s death, separately. It was an extremely challenging day and I have a few additional thoughts that I wanted to share.   Thursday,...

Safe Return from 2nd Rotation

by | May 2, 2017 | Everest

Geoff, Brent, Anders and I completed our safe return to EBC yesterday. This concluded our 2nd Rotation, which was successful but also proved to be both physically and emotionally challenging. While my body feels strong, I can’t help but feel slightly drained by...