May 15 – Mt Everest Update
Edita texted this morning 🙂  “…all is good here resting at ABC, it looks like 20th will be summit. Will call before I leave ABC…”  The weather is definitely turning […]
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May 14 – Mt Everest Update
Edita called this morning 🙂 She was safely back at advanced base camp (ABC).  She said they got absolutely hammered yesterday. Not drunk (yet) 🙂 but hammered by the winds and snow […]
May 13 – Mt Everest Summit Push – Update 2
Update – 19:00 (CET) – It seems they made it up to camp 1 at 6900-7,000 meters. However, they were “trapped” in a storm and needed to decent. I will […]
May 12 – Mt Everest Update from ABC
Edita called this morning. Yesterday they arrived at advanced base camp in blizzard conditions. The snow has stopped today but the winds are still strong. The team may have to […]
May 11 – North Everest Update
I was told not to disclose what I was told in a telephone call and in a follow up email I received last night.  So, I am not saying anything other than, […]
May 9 – North Mt Everest Good News!
It is a holiday in Switzerland and France today so I thought I would write a quick update while I enjoy a quiet cup of coffee on my patio. It is […]
May 7 – North Everest Base Camp
Edita wrote today.. “Another day at the BC. The countdown is 5 more days (if weather holds as predicted) before we leave for ABC. It is hard waiting but we […]
May 5 – North Mt Everest Base Camp
Edita wrote last night (her daytime) with a bit of a schedule update. “I am sending a photo of the forecast that Phil shared today”. “The plan is for our […]
May 4 – North Everest Base Camp
Edita wrote last night and then called this morning :-). “Wind at BC seems to be minimal. But we can see a big plume over Everest which means that winds […]
May 3 (evening in BC) – North Everest Base Camp
A very important correction from yesterdays post. The Sherpas I wrote about were not the group who were fixing the ropes, it was there job to carry loads of oxygen […]
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