Starting an Everest expedition in Kathmandu
Hello all friends! Finally, I am in Kathmandu to prepare for the final and local preparations in the expedition. My day started with breakfast together with 25 Miss Nepal participants that happened to stay at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu for the Miss Nepal competition 2018….
One week and the Mt Everest 2018 expedition is on!
Hello all great friends! One week until departure to Mt Everest. Today the luggage was packed up. Its always exciting and a surprise – what… so much! Everything is focused on staying healthy which sometimes isnt easy. Last week I lost 3 days when I was food poisoned…
Mt Everest summit expedition in spring 2018
Preparing for this has taken me a couple of years and now is the right time to summit and I am ready – I am now assigned to the Mt Everest Peak Expedition 2018. The intention is to climb with my friend Chhiring Dorje Sherpa from the…
Everest North Col photo gallery
One month in Everest generates 1500 photos and 20 hours of video in my case. The Olympus TG4 and Tracker are always with me. The cleanup takes time but is great fun. So many memories come up and still its hardly 2 weeks since I came home. I…
Summit Everest North Col !!
Yesterday at 15:10 I reached the North Col together with Chhiring. The highest point was 7060m. I am so happy that it finally worked after four days in Advanced Base Camp and one failure. I did it!! North Col is such a beautiful and tough…
Arrived in Advanced Bas Camp
Three days ago we emptied Base Camp from essential equipment that we will be needing in Advanced Base Camp. The last day in the Base Camp Chhiring arranged a so called Puja Ceremony in our Camp with two Lamas. With the Puja we will be…
Arrival in Interim Camp
We have moved to our Interim Camp now. The trekk was tough yesterday. We covered 16km, 700m in altitude and 32500 steps upphill from Basecamp. Our camp Interim was built at 5900m. On the way up we met a yak-caravan with 150 yaks. I always…
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…
