Passing by English Glacier on the way to Camp 1
We stayed one day in Base Camp before our first climb up to Camp 1 yesterday. This gave us some acclimatization and lots of energy. The weather was great but extremely strong sunshine. We carried 20kg each during the climb and most of the weight…
Rolling Stones at Base Camp
Today was an early day starting at 05:00 with pulling down the tents and loading the mules at Casa De Piedra camp, 3200m. It was minus five degrees and things where dark and cold. A five minute “breakfast” and we where heading towards Plaza Argentina,…
Arrival at Pampa De Lamas
First days trekking started at Punta De Vacas. We enjoyed a beautiful valley during the 6 hours when we ascended from 2000m to 2800m. It was very hot and dry so water control was a high priority. The mules are impressive in terms of how…
Arrival to Penitentes
We are on the way towards the mountains now. Still it’s the main road connecting to Chile. Lots of trucks make the way through the mountains. I have some mixed emotions not having my duffel bag with all equipment with me. IBERIA lost and forgot…
All camps up and running
All camps are now established – Base Camp, Interim Camp and Advanced Base Camp. Each team member has his/her own tent in each camp. We have staff in each camp making it possible to traverse between the different camps during acclimatization. It’s a hard mental…
Two days in Lhasa, memories for a lifetime
Arrived in Lhasa yesterday. This gave us a necessary altitude push with the 3553m. In the evening we could see the outside of Potala Palace which means “land of paradise”. The palace was established in the 7th century. The town of Lhasa can easiest be…
Getting data communication work at Everest
Some of my blogg readers have asked me about data communication. I am not an expert in this but I think I have solved it for this project – keep my fingers crossed….Getting data communication work in big mountains has been a challenge to me the…
Statistics on Everest summits
This morning we met with Billi Bierling with “The Himalayan Database“. She represents a nonprofit organisation recording data related to records for all expeditions that have climbed in the Nepalese Himalaya. She lives in Kathmandu and is originally from Germany. Besides the work with the Himalayan…
The team
Building towards a team is always a fascinating process. You meet as a group of people arriving from different places, experiences, professions, ages, life stories, expectations etc. I have always been curious about the process we go through when meeting new groups of people. Before…
Trained for Everest North Col!
Three days to Kathmandu departure now! Its so great to be so close to my life’s greatest adventure! It´s time for adventure when dreams are experienced in reality! The most common question I have received lately is if I have seen the movie “Everest” and the answer is –…
