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Summit Dreams
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 never come. Then all...
read moreLhotse: The World’s 4th Tallest
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 so...
read moreFear
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 written...
read moreQ&A
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...
read moreA Sad Day on the Lhotse Face
Geoff has experienced more loss in the mountains than I have, which is why it was important to me that he share his perspective. Below, I have included my journal entry from the date of our climb to Camp 3 and Ueli's death. Before you get to reading my post, I will be...
read moreTrajedy & Remaining Focused by Geoff Schellens
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 would...
read more2nd Rotation Journal Entries (Days 1-3)
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, April...
read moreSafe Return from 2nd Rotation
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 what...
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