Manaslu Camp 1 and back to Base Camp Sept 14
Edita called on sat phone today. They dropped a load up at camp 1 and are back down at base camp. Sounds like a few of them had a little […]
Manaslu Base Camp – Preparing for Everest
September 13Today we had our Puja. It started very early in the morning, something at 6 AM. It is because the Lamas who come to do Puja, have to go around and […]
Everest for Sahel Preparation: Manaslu Expedition In Progress
(Photo by Altitude Junkies) September 22 Just in – Arrived at Camp 2 OK at 6300 meters! see tracker here http://fms.ws/9l43s/28.57519N/84.55788E September 21 To camp 1 ok, looks like next to […]
Getting ready for Mt Everest 2013– Next Step – Manaslu (8,163mtr) September 2012
One Step at a Time My first big step was when I climbed my first peak of over 5,000 meters, Kilimanjaro in 2010. Since then, I summited other peaks, such […]
Staffer Aims to Conquer World’s Highest Peaks
Staffer Aims to Conquer World’s Highest Peaks Looking up at Mount Cho Oyu from the Advanced Base Camp Photo Courtesy of Edita Nichols When Rome-based Emergency Simulation Training Consultant Edita […]
Aconcagua Climb/ Summit – Jan 2, 2012
We summitted Aconcagua on January 2, 2012. All my team members made it to the top. We did it few days earlier (skipped rest days ) as bad weather was […]
Aconcagua (Argentina) Expedition – 20 Dec 11 – 08 Jan 12
You can follow me via GPS Tracker here or here: I am leaving for my Aconcagua expedition in Argentina. Here are some highlights of the upcoming trip: Aconcagua Elevation: 22,841 […]
Cho Oyu Summit – October 1, 2011
I summitted Cho Oyu (8,201 m) on October 1st, 2011, 10 AM, after 9 hrs climb from Camp 2 (7,100m). I became the first Lithuanian […]
Cho Oyu Expedition (27 Aug – 08 Oct 2011)
“Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain… Climbing at altitude is like hitting […]
Climbing Mt Blanc (4807m)
I had a fantastic week on Mt Blanc! The photo below is from the summit on Mt Blanc which we reached around midday on 18th of August. (Ian, Al, Yury […]
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