The day Everest came tumbling down
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for your thoughts and support while I remained stranded at Everest Base Camp after the earthquake and avalanche. It was a […]
Category Archives: Lhotse
Altitude Junkies remain in Everest Base Camp until Friday
Edita had hoped to catch a helicopter out of Everest Base Camp this morning, but unfortunately the one she intended to catch was transporting one of the casualties and there […]
The Everest Base Camp vigil continues
A quick update to say Edita is spending a third night at Everest Base Camp after Saturday’s tragic earthquake. There is no hurry to return to Kathmandu. Many hotels are […]
One year on: my tribute to Dorje Khatri
It’s been a year since that morning on 18 April 2014 when an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall took the lives of 16 Sherpas. One of them was Dorje Khatri, […]
Day 5 in EBC: the base camp puja
This is my 5th day in Everest Base Camp (EBC), and it’s exactly two weeks since we left Kathmandu at the start of the expedition. Yesterday we had our puja, […]
Lhotse/Everest 2015 – all Junkies arrived at the base camp
Phil, Margaret, Milos and I arrived at Everest Base Camp (EBC) yesterday while the other members of the Altitude Junkies expedition stayed in Lobuche for a second night to acclimatise. […]
Altitude Junkies’ Lhotse/Everest 2015 expedition is now in progress!
We left Kathmandu this morning in a helicopter. It took only 45 minutes to fly to Lukla, from where we start our 7 day trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC). […]
