Two hard days and some planning
The first two acclimatization days at Everest Base Camp were really though to me and the team. Most of the team ran into altitude sickness and needed medical treatment. At 9PM we usually decide that it’s time to get some sleep in the tents. The…
Arrived in Everest Base Camp
We have arrived at Everest Base Camp, 5141m, at 12:44 today the 18th of April. We have more sunshine than we need so I thought I would send you some via satellite today. The camp is setup and this afternoon we will test-trekk to 5600m…
Everest in my eyes from 5200m
Today we passed by our highest altitude by car. This is a tough environment with sand storms, low temperature and strong wind. From this point we could finally see Mt Everest. This means that we still have a full day of driving left. At this…
Shigatse – a high altitude city
Yesterday we drove 280km from Lhasa to Shigatse. Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet and one of the worldst highest located city at 3743m. Approx. 100.000 people live in the city. Half way through the drive it snowed and we had a cloudy…
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 –…
Moulded insoles ofcourse!
A visit to Addnature in Stockholm – Birger Jarlsgatan is in my case just like bringing children to a toy store, I refuse to leave the store after an hour! I met with Victor Norgren who is the shop manager and their specialist in molded…
Lecture at Norrøna Concept Store in Täby
Join me at Norrøna Concept Store in Täby on the 15th of February at 18:30! I am going to run a lecture with the title “My journey to Everest”. I´ll give an update to my adventure and preparations for Mt Everest North Col. Some of the…
Progress with new training program
Hernan designed the new training program and it covers the timeframe until my departure to Nepal in April. I allready made some tests at Balance in Sweden and during the newyears-holiday in Vietnam and could clearly see where the challenge is. Its really tough staying…
