Everest Dispatch #38
April 30, 2009
By Jake Norton, Expedition Photographer
It sounds pretty romantic, and lots of people envy my job. And, I must admit, I’m pretty happy with what I do for a living, and count my blessings every day. But working as an expedition photographer is not always a piece of cake. This goes for [...]
On Tuesday, Backpacker posted an interview with Everest expedition leader Peter Whittaker. Peter demonstrates his layering approach as well as several items of First Ascent gear.
Go watch the video on thebackpacker.tv
Also from Backpacker, the Mountain Guide Jacket received a great review from gear tester and Editor Shannon Davis. Scroll down and check out his comments [...]
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Everest Dispatch #37
April 29, 2009
Basecamp……….. 17,530 ft.
By Dave Hahn
We dragged out an oxygen bottle to practice with, just after breakfast. It does take a little practice, by the way, to get good with the systems we rely on up high. Today we were just familiarizing ourselves with how the regulators attach to the [...]
Everest Dispatch #36
April 28, 2009
Basecamp……….17,530 ft.
By Dave Hahn
The first day and night down after an Everest climbing rotation are great for enjoying the novelty of comfort and easy living again. But it isn’t really until the second night back down that I normally get full and renewing sleep. And looking at Kent, Seth [...]
Everest Dispatch #35
April 27, 2009
Base Camp 17,530 ft.
By Seth Waterfall
Dave, Erica and I are enjoying a day of rest after spending the last four days acclimatizing at Camp 1 and Advance Base Camp. We had an excellent rotation and are feeling healthy. It’s nice to come down and get to actually rest our [...]
Everest Dispatch #34
April 26, 2009
Basecamp…….. 17,530 ft.
By Dave Hahn
Somehow we kept busy all afternoon at ABC yesterday. Seth Waterfall figured out and fixed problems with the solar panels that the radio “base station” was dependent on. Then he figured out how to make the antenna and base station talk to each other a [...]
Everest Dispatch #33
April 25, 2009
Advanced Basecamp …. 21,200 ft.
N27′58.811′ E086′54.160′
By Dave Hahn
Advanced Basecamp sits along a rocky moraine overlaying dense glacial ice.
The rock comes from Everest’ immense and steep Southwest Face and a few million avalanches. Once at the base of the Face it is plowed into a neat ridge by the [...]
Everest Dispatch #32
April 24, 2009
Camp 1…. 19,867 ft.
N27′59.246′ E086′52.688′
Camp 2 (aka ABC)…. 21,202 ft.
N27′58.811′ E086′54.160′
By Dave Hahn
A couple of days ago we hit an important benchmark, and had a successful day for the team. It was just as we did the previous morning we set out, only this time [...]
Everest Dispatch #31
April 23, 2009
Everest Basecamp…..17,530 ft.
By Melissa Arnot
It always amazes me how much of a temperature extreme you can experience in the mountains. The last few days have been really good for me, as I left Basecamp and made my way to Camp 2. At 5 a.m. this morning, I woke up [...]
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