EVEREST LESSONS: WHY

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Now you can imagine, if you don’t have deep WHY for climbing this mountain, what kind of torture would it be to debate every day “Is it worth it?” You have to want to climb because you are truly passionate about mountains. Passion…

Everest Lessons: HOW

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"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how" This famous quote from Nietzsche is the absolute foundation if you want to be successful in any hard endeavoring. To avoid making it an abstract philosophical discussion,…

What does it take to climb Everest?

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5/27/2010 Everest Summit – summary written on May 27, 2010   It has been a few days since the summit, but I’m still trying to digest the fact that I just climbed Everest. Was it hard? It depends. If you have read the previous…

ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

5/27/2010 Everest Summit – summary written on May 27, 2010 Since the summit day (May 24th), we have been on the move every day— descending from Camp 4 (C4) to Camp 2 (C2), then C2 to Everest Base Camp (EBC). Then packing and moving out…

THOUGHTS BEFORE THE EVEREST SUMMIT

5/17/2010 Waiting time was taxing. You are not sure how long the waiting time will be and how to plan your schedule. You worry if the summit window will come before Monsoon arrives. You worry if the icefall will still be safe to pass when we…

EVEREST – ROTATION 2

5/10/2010 May 4 – 8, 2010 My second rotation May 4: EBC – C1 (6000m) May 5: C1 – C2 (6500m) May 6: C2 – C3 (7200m), personal altitude record! May 7: C3 – C2 (6500m) May 8: C2 – EBC (5300m) This rotation is much more challenging…

EVEREST – WHY IS IT SO TOUGH?

Apr 29, 2010, 1:30pm  It’s only a few hours since I sent away Tasia, sitting in the sun room writing. Kuran, the lodge service boy, came up: “Your friend is here.” I walked into the dining room and was shocked to see Jeff, one of my…

EVEREST – RECOVERING IN PHERICHE (4200M)

4/28/2010 Dear all, We just finished the rotation up to camp 2 (6500m), and spent two nights there. The trip through Khumbu icefall is safe, the acclimatization went well. My cough got very bad at camp 2 and kept me from sleeping in the…

EVEREST – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL..

Apr 27 – 30, 2010   Sitting here in the Himalaya Lodge dining room. Light music in the background, quiet and warm, despite cold and wind outside. Fog is rising in the valley, most of sky covered by clouds. I just sit here, enjoy my ginger…

EVEREST- CAMP 1 REST

Apr 23 My cough is clearly picking up at the same time while my appetite is subdued at 6000m, though I’m happy that I don’t have any altitude symptoms— not even a headache. From what I’m hearing from everyone, this is normal for Khumbu…

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