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Intermediate Camp- Acclimatisation Step I
Dear friends,
Yesterday team 7 Summits left Base Camp for the first time to move for the night up to the intermediate base camp (IBC) at 5800 meters (approx 19,000 feet). Under the new expedition concept developed by Abramov over the past two years, the group moved in lock step, slowly to the destination. The new concept is [...]
Mountaineering & Humility
Dear friends,
So I have been reading The Beckoning Silence, by Joe Simpson…generally it is a no-no to read about the mountains while in the mountains, but I couldnt help it. He is such a great climber and an even better writer. In the chapter, High Anxiety, Joe quotes Alex Lowe:
“Thinking back…I appreciate why I come [...]
What the hell is a MoMo?
Dear all,
During the past few days, the 7 Summits Club team has seen a lot of the Tibetan culture, traveled across the plateau to reach Shegar, and begun to bond as a group. Of all these things the most interesting questions coming from friends and family are: “What are the hotels like?” and “What do [...]
Kathmandu- Lhasa- Shigatse- Shegar
Dear Friends,
The team was up and moving at 7AM on the 11th. The bus took us to the plane in Kathmandu and we boarded with no issues. Air China flight 406 to Lhasa was late boarding and sat on the runway for at least 1 hour. The front of the Boeing was filled with Chinese [...]
Everest 2010- Acclimatisation Part II- Tengboche, Namche
Dear Friends,
After arriving back from Langtang, I was eager to get cleaned up and hit the trail to the south side. Booking the tickets to Lukla was easier than I imagined. It’s more like a bus than anything. The tickets were booked for the morning of the 30th, which would barely give me enough time [...]
Khumbu Klassic- Everest 2010 Acclimatisation South
Dear Friends
Greetings from the middle of the Khumbu, Nepal! Today was an amazing day and will probably continue to improve. Although I am behind schedule on my trek to Everest Base Camp (lost a day to rain), I am moving very well.
This morning I woke in a chilly Namche Bazar to Buddhist music and chants. [...]
Everest 2010- Acclimatisation Trek Langtang
Dear friends,
On the 21st of March, Gavin and Matty showed up at the Hotel Komfort Inn at 6 AM as planned. The jeep was in front of the building, engine running. We made our way out of Thamel quickly, trying to beat the morning rush hour traffic.
Within 30 minutes we were out of the city [...]
Namaste Kathmandu
Dear friends,
Yesterday I arrived in a hazy Katmandu. The airport has not changed at all since September, nor has the landscape. Terraces of rice fields and brick production in the flatlands filled the airplane window as we approached.
After touching down, I spent at least an hour clearing immigration, paying the $30 visa fee, and less [...]
Post #32- Servus München
Friends-
As most of you know, I left my job last year to start the process to prepare for Everest. Along the way, I managed to fund and start a non-profit called Global H2O (www.globalh2o.org); a North Carolina corporation with the mission to alleviate the issues of the global water and sanitation crisis (http://www.globalh2o.org/stats/). 2009 to [...]
Post #29 Update & HNY
Dear friends,
I want to wish you all a happy new year and give a quick update on where we stand.
Every year presents us another opportunity to get it right. In July 2009, I hit my own reset button to jump out of corporate life for at least a year to achieve two personal goals, climbing [...]
