Everest Dispatch #73
May 21, 2009
ABC
By Dave Hahn
We had something of a celebration dinner in BC last night. As Peter, Ed, Jake and Gerry made it all the way down from the South Col to regale us with summit stories.
After all that, it was strange as anything to get up by myself early this morning [...]
Everest Dispatch #46
May 8, 2009
Basecamp
By Dave Hahn
I believed I’d imagined Kent Harvey’s call to me at ten minutes to four in the morning. I didn’t have any alarm set; it was a rest day coming on and I was sound asleep in my tent. So fully unconscious that Kent called me several times [...]
Everest Dispatch #42
May 4, 2009
Basecamp
By Melissa Arnot
The chatter of Sherpa staff waking up and getting going is the first thing I hear, then the sun hits the tent and it is time to get up. Basecamp is a busy place, but I always think of it as the place that is ruled by the [...]
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 [...]
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 #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 [...]
Everest Dispatch #29
April 21, 2009
Everest Basecamp…… 17,530 ft.
By Dave Hahn
The juniper and incense were lit; the smoke was going up to the gods, the prayer flags were waving. I buckled the chinstrap on my helmet, stuffed my big down parka and threw my pack on my back. It was just light enough, at [...]
Everest Dispatch #28
April 20, 2009
Everest Basecamp……….. 17,530 ft.
By Dave Hahn
A few gusts of wind plowed through camp early this morning. Not enough to really test our First Ascent tents, just enough to remind that we, and those tents, will get all the test we can handle soon enough. On several mornings so far, [...]
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