All bets are off    22 May 2005
Strange creatures are about in the evenings around here, as seen in today's photo. Perhaps its just people blowing off steam due to all the weather delays? Or simply people losing their marbles....

The Barber of Seville    18 May 2005
Shaving day....the day that the un-civilized, attempt to become human again.

I fondly remember being close to my grandfather as a small boy and wondering what that wonderful smell was. Turns

Back down to BC boogie    15 May 2005
Back at BC safe and sound! Now to begin our rest cycle. Some would say we are late in getting to this point, I say, au contraire! Better to let the 1st wave go and get out of the way, fewer numbers an

Back to C2    14 May 2005
I never thought we would say that Camp 2 seems like shangri-la, but after battling fierce winds screaming down the face, and bearing witness to some of the Iranian teams gross lack of skills (read get

Camp Three    13 May 2005
Up....up...wait, did I say up?
Are we there yet? (hour 5) No. Are we there yet? (hour7) Still no. 8 hours, of pretty much straight into the sky, but here we are, Camp 3 on the lhotse face at 7400

Resting at Camp 2    12 May 2005
Greetings from C2, hopefully tomorrow we overnight at C3 and back down for a rest to let the 1st summit wave go ahead and get outta the way, (if only the winds would cooperate!).

Ta for now,

What fun a new Camp 1    10 May 2005
Here we are at our new, improved, right in the middle of the western cwm, Camp 1! We have moved to the middle of the cwm to be safe from any more avalanches. Seems like there are a few teams that stil

To mom    8 May 2005
To the bravest women we know, June Buck and Rosanna Benitez. From Everest basecamp, Happy Mother's Day!