The monsoon clouds are still amongst us here in Kathmandu as we wrap up the past weeks of summer climbing. It’s been a successful season on a few 8000m peaks. Ang Kaji popped into the office today tanned and beaming from his double header on Shishapangma and Cho Oyu in Tibet. He was the first […]
Lakpa and Sumit have both had productive summers. Lakpa led a group to the Karakoram range in Pakistan. The expedition was slightly delayed by the unfortunate and sad Nanga Parbat base camp attack, but despite being rattled by the incident the team focussed on their objective and successfully climbed both Gasherbrum I (8080m) and II […]
As the team are waiting for flights back to Kathmandu from Lukla, they’ve spent time reflecting back on their summit day. Margaret posts a more detailed account of the day below: ‘I reached Hillary Step about 7.45am. I was having a drink and we had decided to proceed for at least an hour to go […]
Whilst teams are building on the Western Cwn and on the South Col (~35 climbers have delayed summit bids due to strong winds and are waiting out another day for an attempt tonight, hopefully with plenty of oxygen!), we are glad to be back in Lukla and away from those crowds. We took the more […]
The team arrived back at base camp at lunchtime. As they rest, eat, wash and think about packing, the crowds are starting to develop above. Groups are beginning to prepare for a summit push over the next few days. This includes about 120 climbers planning for a May 19th push for a May 20th summit!
Everyone is resting at Camp 2, except Chris who has already headed back to BC with Chirring. We certainly had a tough team this year. Margaret, Peter, Warren and Chris, all experienced climbers, impressed our guides throughout the rotations with their strong fitness, positive attitudes and good adaptability to high altitude. Here’s a message that […]
Our teams had a successful morning. Young Chirring picked up where the fixing team left off on Lhotse and fixed the last 300m of the summit blocks, and summited at 10.30am this morning. Chris summited at 11.30am with Lakpa and Pasang. We’re proud of Chirring for the first summit of the 4th highest mountain this […]
t’s just a matter of waiting a few more hours now. The Lhotse team of Lakpa, Chris, Chirring and Pasang arrived at Camp 4 ~7800m around 2pm today. They split from the Everest group after the Yellow Band and continued right up the Lhotse face. Lakpa and Chirring have the task of completing the rope […]
The team reached Camp 3 at 1PM today. As expected it’s a little windy but this should ease off by the evening. Tonight they’ll sleep with supplemental oxygen to prime them for the next stage, hopefully tomorrow if the weather holds, they’ll move to Camp 4 of Everest and Lhotse. At the moment it looks […]
They’re heading up! This morning the group left at 2am, they’ve passed Camp 1 and are heading to Camp 2 for lunch. Depending on the weather, they’ll either continue the next day to Camp 3 or rest before tackling the Lhotse face followed by the summit ridge for Everest or the couloir for Lhotse. Everyone […]