From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. We woke up at 6:30 yesterday morning at Camp 1. We had a great breakfast with lots of bacon. We headed out of camp at 8:30 going up the Western Cwm to Camp 2. We were able to make it into camp […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Hello Friends, Family, and Loved Ones, It was an early morning as we got up, ate our breakfast, and got our gear ready to move up to Camp 1. The icefall has been moving quite a bit recently due to warm weather […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. The name of the game today is WIND. Gusts rattled the tents from about midnight through the wee hours of the morning, making sleep a little difficult. It was still blowing around 4:30 am when our intrepid team members roused themselves out […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Another lazy day of sleeping in, eating and indulging in massages with the certified massage therapist next door… We are eating tons down here and we’ve discovered the fattening properties of Nutella and are devouring it by huge jars. After breakfast, 6 […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Dear friends, family and loved ones, It was a brutal rest day. Our challenges were many and our pleasures were few. It all started with seeing who could stay in bed the longest however once the sun hit the tents the heat […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Ahh… back in the land of amenities. The whole team is back in BC after a successful trip up into the Western Cwm. We spent a couple of nights in CI and a couple of nights in CII with varying degrees of […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Today we moved from Camp 1 to Camp 2. It took us about 5 hours. It was very hot. The second half of the day was VERY hot. We covered every speck of skin we had to keep out of the sun, […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Today is our first foray though the icefall to Camp 1. We divided into two groups today. On group left base camp at 4:30 am and the other group left at 5:50 am. The first group took 9 hours to reach Camp […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Hello from Base Camp. I notice that we seem to be missing a report about the team moving up from Base Camp to Camp 1. So until I can entice one from the folks who actually did the hard work, here in […]

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team. Namaste from Everest BC. It’s the night before we head up for our first acclimitization trip. There’s a bit of snow falling and everyone is heading off to bed. The past couple of days we’ve been playing in the ice pinnacles getting […]