Latest Alpinist.com newsThis morning (night) our staff woke us at 12 with tea and porridge. We all left high camp at 2 o’clock. The weather was calm and suprising warm. Only close to the summit we enqountered some winds. Everbody managed to summit between 6 and 8 in the morning. Read below what Vivian and Jan have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This morning the sunshine on my tent woke me up! Our Mera peak base camp is really at a good spot. Nobody here, only us! After breakfast we left for the glacier nearby to do some rope training. Our Sherpa’s went ahead already to fix some lines. It’s a nice little ice cirque with for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good afternoon to those of you unfortunate enough to know mw…. Viv here. Today started significantly better than yesterday, at least for my husband and me. Our morning wake up call (a Sherpa delivering us coffee in bed (or rather in sleeping bag and tent)) was far more civilised than my opening line to Andrew […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tagnak Holiday Resort From special reporter Jan As usual this morning we were waked up by the sherpas serving morning tea. You can hear the sound of the tray with mugs from far. It’s one of the finest moments of the day. Also as usual it was very nice weather in the morning. As yesterday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After an other early start we hiked to Kote. In the beginning the route zigg zagg along the hill side from Zetra, before its dropping down the forest. Before dropping down we got our first view of our objective, mera peak. Although this peak is known as a ‘trekking peak’ it’s a massif giant at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Baruntse Team Roster: Arnold Coster (leader) – Netherlands Mikko Wuokko – Finland Stef Wolput – Belgium David Smith – UK Jan Van den Bos – Netherlands Alan Barclay – UK Markus Staehlin – Switzerland Andrew Pendleton – UK Ms. Viviane Cotes – UK Takeshi Ogasawara – Canada Daniel Newton – Australia Ms. Noora Sotaniemi – Finland Ms. Mia […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ZATERDAG 15 OKTOBER 2011 We zijn op weg en alles is ok. Op dit moment aangekomen op 4000 meter. Zo gaan we op de Mera Peak aan. Voel me heel sterk, loop lekker voorin en geniet van alles. VRIJDAG 14 OKTOBER 2011 In Nepal, en zeker op expeditie, gaat alles altijd wat anders dan gepland. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night we had our first night in tents, from now on these will be our homes. After a good breakfast we headed up to Charkateng just a few hours walk. The trail goes up fairly steep and we walked in the clouds most off the time. Charkateng is located at around 4000m, just before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…