Were Off to the Summit!!    May 27th 2005
Today we leave ABC for our summit push. We hope to summit Monday the 30th May.
Thanks to all the family and friends for emails of support, lets hope it all comes together.
The Weather looks

Weather Window opening?? Time to get high!    25 May 2005
Summit push is planned for a 30th May or 1st - 2nd June.
There are two windows of opportunity appearing on the radar. The first on the 30th May will is predicted for 20 Knots of wind and -23? C, w

Mystery Chopper lands on top of Everest!    24 May 2005
It has finally become a reality - helicopter on Everest!!
this dispacth thanks to Explorers Web, thanks Tom

It happened only 2 days after our first report, but the press release wasn'

Weather window – when will it be??    23 May 2005
Our forecast still shows no safe weather window through to the 28-29th May at least. The long range forecast is that perhaps on the 4-6th of June is the first GOOD weather window, but this is a long w

15 Chinese summit, live TV broadcast & 1 dead, winds increasing    22 May 2005
At 7:30 am we could see a large group of 15-20 climbers approaching the summit, on the final snow pyramid only 1-2 hours below the top. The weather has cleared today to total blue skies but with some

Rest ABC watching small team heading to summit    21 May 2005
Weather reports have been very conflicting over the last 1-2 weeks, with some diametrically opposed, today winds are reported to be from almost calm to 40 knots – a vast difference. We have been watch

Still at BC about to start moving up to ABC next 3-4 days    14 May 2005
All the team is still at BC, waiting, waiting, waiting.
Some great long exposure night shots of Everest were taken by British Climber Stuart Holmes last night, click on the image to see it full sc

The Picnic and the new weather Forecast    12 May 2005
The new weather forecast has predicted high winds until 18-19 May which is still another week away. Which is disappointing to say the least. So it looks as though our BC stay will be extended by anoth