Moet Finish – Expedition Total Success    June 5th 2005
A dusty bumpy finish and we are back in Kathmandu tired yet still hungry enough to enjoy a celebration dinner at Kilroys complete with French Moet Chandon –Champagne at 8848 Rupees a bottle!
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Paul and Namgyl summit!    4 June 2005
Paul Boslooper and Namgyl Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest at 9:30am Nepali time today, 4 June 2005. They reported light winds and good conditions, and the two are on their way down, with pl

Paul and Namgyl head to 8250m camp & Our Yaks Arrive    June 3rd 2005
The last summit team head to high camp today in moderate strong winds, with the hope that the winds will abate tomorrow. They will then descend to ABC were we have left their trekking shoes and they w

Yaks on way – Clearing the mountain of equipment    June 2nd 2005
Our Yaks arrive tomorrow the 3rd of June, we walk to BC on the 4th and hopefully with luck will get right through to Kathmandu on the 5th of June!!! Hooray.
Today Suhki is heading down from 7700m

Second Summit Team forced back at 8500m, high winds    1st June 2005
"Better down here wishin' you were up there than up there wishin' you
were down here" - as my old flying instructor used to tell me
Thanks Charlie for that one, had all of us rolling on the g

Second Summit Team move to High Camp    31 May 2005
Jamie and the team report cloud and moderate winds greet them at the tent door this morning at 7700m camp.
The weather reports – we have given up listening to after yesterdays debacle.
Moe h

First Wave Successful Everest Summit 6:40 am    30 May 2005
27th May we left ABC bound for the summit and initially spent the nights of the 27 & 28 May at the North Col, 7050m our Camp One. The idea was we would have an entire day to rest, hydrate and get all

Back at ABC!    31 May 2005
Duncan Chessell, Julian Thompson and Dawa Sherpa are safely back at ABC. Other team members Jamie, Paul, Moe and Surki and Wangchu Sherpa, are still high on the mountain, planning to move to 8200m tod