Camp 2!    23 September 2005
This is the Adventure Consultants Office in New Zealand reporting that the team safely reached Camp 2 yesterday and will be climbing to Camp 3 today in preparation for their summit attempt the followi

We're on the way!!!    22 September 2005
We have reached Camp One after a pleasant afternoon walk from ABC! Enroute we encountered a fair amount of snow, and reports from higher on the mountain indicate that there is a lot of snow higher up

Off to the Summit    22 September 2005
The weather looks good, we are leaving in 4 hours for our summit attempt. Stay tuned for phone dispatches........
We hope to summit on September 25 or 26......
Mark, Mike, Ana, Carol, Chuck an

Base Camp Holding Pattern    21 September 2005
Today in summary: Bed tea, check out the summit wind plumes, breakfast, weather forecasts, monitor process of the summit climbers, washing, nap, more tea, read, sudoku puzzle, watch the yak caravan of

Rest Day at ABC    20 September 2005
Another sad start for the day. We all got up early to bid farewell to team member, Peter who is leaving the expedition due to medical reasons. Another large part of our family is off home, leaving a g

Acclimatizing to 7000m    19 September 2005
After a leisurely breakfast on the 17th we donned packs and headed up the familiar moraine and scree route to Camp 1. Leaving early to Camp 1 only means more time in the snow bowl, a heat trap where o

Rest Cycle    16 September 2005
Hi Folks, we've been chilling out at BC today and it was most welcome. Chuck is on his 48th Sudoku puzzle for the expedition and we are wondering what will happen to him when his puzzle book finis

Camp 1 to Ice cliff and return to ABC    15 September 2005
It was windy overnight, our tents were fine, although some members were a little nervous at the pounding of the wind.

We got an early start in partly cloudy, but not cold conditions. It was