Base Camp Meltdown    8 May 2005
Happy mothers day from the Adventure Consultants base camp!

Feeling the effects of last night's farewell Rakshi, Brendon departed on his return trek after breakfast. It's been great t

Base Camp Regroup    7 May 2005
Rather than operating as two groups all Adventure Consultants climbers are now on the same climbing schedule. Today was about regrouping, making plans and making sure all members are on the same team

The good the bad and the ugly    6 May 2005
Good news and bad news...
Good news first, back at basecamp, Nawang Chongba has made us sushi! Secondly, the team is all back together now as one! Now for the bad news..the snows above at Camp 2 h

Snowed in at Camp 2    5 May 2005
Today the C2 team are snowed in; while winds are inconsequential snow accumulation is becoming significant. Due to the threat posed by avalanche hazard this morning we did not venture onto the Lhotse

Avalanche at Camp 1    4 May 2005
The Adventure Consultants team reported in from Everest Base Camp and Camp 2 by phone that an avalanche had affected Camp 1 this morning, but all AC team members are safe in Camp 2 and at Base Camp an

Crossing paths in the Western Cwm    3 May 2005
Acclimatizing to climb big mountains involves multiple passes over the same terrain. Dealing with the monotony is part of the game. One is able to measure the progress of acclimatizing by pace/times,

Out and about and at it    2 May 2005
Today's 3.30am alarm revealed clear skies suitable for traveling to C1. As hard as early starts can be, folks (Luis, Mat McDonald, Mat Kitchin, Piers, Rob Hart and Mike) were relieved to be beginn

Snowbound    1 May 2005
Greetings everyone from basecamp for yet another day...The snows as you can see hampered our departure to camp 1 today, but fourtunately did not stop team 2 from reaching camp 2, as they were able to