Summit Dispatch #5 - SUMMIT AT LAST!!!   
02 June 2005 - 05:00

Summit Dispatch #5


SUMMIT AT LAST!!!

At 5 am Nima Tashi called to say that Nima Tashi, Urszula Tokarska and Pema Temba were on the summit of Mt. Everest.

Summit dispatch #4   
02 June 2005 - 03:00 am

Summit dispatch #4

The latest is that Urszula is now on the South Summit waiting for sunrise to go to the summit. The hour wait will be cold but sunrise will be

Summit dispatch #3   
02 June 2005 - 0:20 am

Summit dispatch #3

The team just checked in from just below the balcony. They are making very good time - in fact if they keep up this pace they may reach the Sout

Summit dispatch - #2   
01 June 2005 - 9:00 p.m.

Summit dispatch - #2

Just a short note - the crew has begun their climb. They left the S. Col just after 8:30 p.m. heading for the fixed lines on the triangular

Summit dispatch #   
01 June 2005

Summit dispatch #1

This is the first of many dispatches that will be posted through out the night as the attempt on the summit of Mt Everest progresses.


The plan

Too windy....   
01 June 2005

Too windy....

Yesterday the members and sherpas rested all day on the S Coll. After some urging they got out of their tents and explored the S. Col a bit.

The South C

Windy night on the S. Col   
31 May 2005

Windy night on the S. Col

The first night on the S. Col has passed and everyone seems OK. The tents were whipped by the wind all night so sleeping was restless. Everything se

South Col here we come....   
30 May 2005

South Col here we come....

Today dawned bright and sunny with members up early for tea and breakfast. The plan was to be packed and ready by 8 am so when the sherpas arrived