JOURNAL

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...

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...

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, what a...

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...

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 😉  Saturday,...

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...

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 well!