Exploradus Everest 2005 - Dispatches

View of Pumori at sunset

Rest Day at Camp 1

18 April 2005

Rest Day at Camp 1

Today we spent the day lounging around trying to recuperate after our trip through he icefall yesterday. It took more out of everyone than they imagined yesterday .

Camp 1 is located at the mouth of the Western Cmw - a long valley leading up to Camp 2. Our Camp1 is at an elevation of 6064meters or19,890feet. The from our camp we can see several big mountains including Pumori, Nuptse and Lhotse but not Mt. Everest. Tomorrow we will get our first real view of the mountain we have come to climb.

The picture is taken from inside my tent as I am cooking dinner for everyone and the sun is setting behind Pumori.

Tashi Delek,
JMW

Camp 1
17April 2005

Camp 1

Today was the teams first real adventure on Mt. Everest. The trip through the icefall went smoothly. We will make a total of three trips through this maze of jumbled

Icefall Training
16 April 2005

Icefall Training

I?m trying to come up with the best example to describe how awkward walking across an aluminum ladder is while wearing crampons. Drawing on personal exper

Life at Base Camp
15 April 2005

Life at Base Camp

The stress of waking up is almost overwhelming. As if laying in your 80 degree tent with nothing to do for the next 24 hours isn?t too much to handle, yo