The day was quite cold. As it’s the beginning of May, I had hoped we’d be transitioning into warmer weather, especially as the Monsoon will loom towards June. However due…
It was definitely great to sleep in normal altitude (close to 18K feet) without the freezing temperatures from Camp 2 and beyond. But my cold affecting my nose didn’t seem…
The 4:30am wake up call was not even needed. Both Mark (my tentmate) and I had been up since 4am packing our bags. At least we wouldn’t have to bring…
I had a tough evening. Though the NyQuil was a nice way of forcing my sleep, waking up at odd hours to keep hydrating wasn’t too much fun. By 5am…
We got up by 5:30am and breakfast by 6am. The weather hadn’t improved and if anything it was windier than originally expected. By 6:15am our Sherpa’s working on the ropes…
A short day for me, as it was extremely cold overnight. The cramping gone but my state of mind was too exhausted. Though a little bit of sneezing and symptoms…
Our day started at Midnight. The plan was to start at 1am and go through the Khumbu icefall with a brief stop through Camp 1 and then our ultimate destination…
Day 24 The morning started with some great updates, my B12 medicine had speedily arrived from Kathmandu. In addition, we were originally going to depart tonight for Camp 3 on…
I dreaded today. My dearest teammate Paul had made the brave decision of departing from our expedition as he had a family urgency. Paul has been this incredible magnetic gentleman…
It actually was a really cold night. I left my -40 sleeping degree bag up in Camp 2 along with my summit gear, and the sleeping bag at Base is…