Basecamp blues    7 May 2005
Back at BC; Driven back by high winds and deep snows, our team has retreated to the safety and solace of basecamp till the forecast improves.

After watching the Camp 1 avalanche victims fina

Camp 2 Tempest    5 May 2005
Snow...snow...and more snow.
Reports we are getting from basecamp are that the injured from the camp 1 avalanche are stable and awaiting better weather to allow a helicopter out.
As for us her

Avalanche at C1    4 May 2005
Big avalanche today at c1, a few people have been hurt, a rescue effort for these folks is underway, and we will pass along details as we have them. But all is well with us here at c2, we are off to c

Camp 2    3 May 2005
Camp2 and all is well!
Piers and I arrived in time for a late lunch, and a serious debate on the merits of Tang vs. Gatorade, such is the life in the high Himalaya.
Lhakpa and most of the Sher

Wandering spirits    2 May 2005
Five am, always hard to get started, made even harder as today we had to pass a body in the middle of the icefall. To keep the information private till the family is notified, I won't mention the

May day    1 May 2005
Happy Mayday!
The 1st day of May. Unfortunately, heavy snow this morning prevented us from leaving basecamp to try for camp 3. But mid-morning, some guide buddies from other teams showed up at my

Hard news comes to BC    28 April 2005
Not all rest days are as relaxed as others!
Piers, being an Australian, attracted a bit of a media storm here at basecamp when channel 7 from Melbourne's Jennifer Adams turned up to start aski

Back on air    26 April 2005
Sorry for the traverse updates delay! Due to our PDA crashing, we were unable to update at C1 and C2, but thanks to a backup PDA, and Tom from explorersweb.com going into work early today, we are back