Pictures of Mount Everest Expedition 2011
on June 5th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Most of the team members are on the way home, a few are still here. We are spending the day eating good food, drinking beer and meeting old friends in the numerious restaurants here in Kathmandu! I am also preparing my next expedition already. In less than a month I will travek to Xingjang, China […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi, Its Dom has here reporting on a group success on Everest! I set off at 10pm on the 20th from camp 3 at 8300 meters for the final summit push. Tensions were running high, would the weather hold? Would I be up to the task? Heads down and climb was the name of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday we all arrived back in Base Camp and it was a relief to walk the 22km back down from ABC for the last time. When we arrived in Base Camp it felt like we came back in another world….our cook Samdien welcomed us with Coke and Beer. What a great guy! We where lucky, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team reports in live (click here to listen)
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Team reports in live (click here to listen)
Today we will leave ABC and climb to the North Col at 7010m. We are aiming for the summit for the 21st, but of course this can change again. Check www.summitclimbnews.com for my voice dispatches during the climb! Arnold Coster
This is Biff Palmer providing the Everest Tibet update at 1544 on Tuesday May 17, 2011. Let me begin the update by extending on behalf of the entire team a warm Happy Birthday to our team leader: Arnold Coster. As mentioned in previous posts the team is positioned at ABC (21000 feet). I am happy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I want to thank everybody for their Birthday wishes. I can’t access my Facebook account, but I received all the kind messages true email! Our kook here in Advanced Base camp even made a cake for me today at 6400m! We probably move up to C1 soon to attempt the summit, we are still waiting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…