Mt. Kilimanjaro – 20-31 January 2012
In 2003 Stephen and I went to Kilimanjaro. Although I did enjoy the hiking I never made it to the summit then. Naturally Stephen did. Ever since then I’ve had this little niggling in the back of my mind –…
7 Highs
Mt Kosciuszko 2011
On Friday November 18 we boarded a plane to Melbourne where we landed on Sunday November 20th We stayed 2 nights with our friends Patty and Jono and their 3 daughters in Aspendale. Very nice to catch up! Two days…
Success on Mt. Elbrus
Sorry for the delay in posting, but Internet is not that reliable here in Russia. The good news is that I successfully summited the highest peak in Europe, being Mt. Elbrus at 5,642 meters. Today I spent the day touring…
Everest Expedition 2009
Here it is, finally, my Everest Expedition photo album! It’s a rather big album but then this was a big adventure! I left San Francisco on March 29 to join the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition in Kathmandu. Two months later,…
Everest Basecamp Trek: photos
This is a selection of photos of my EBC Trek. I counted the days from the first day of the trek to the day we flew back to Kathmandu. You will notice that there are no photos of ‘EBC Day…
Annapurna Circuit: photos
Here is a selection of photos of my Annapurna Circuit Trek. I am missing one memory card with photos taken during this trek on my Nikon D70. I am hoping that it is in our luggage still to arrive from…
Back home!
We got back home yesterday, May 31st, right on schedule. Thank you all for following along and for the comments and emails we have received! Although we were not always (well, most of the time) able to reply, we did…
On our way back home
The adventure has come to an end; we are leaving Kathmandu in a few hours. We will stopover for the night in Bangkok – that’s just the way the flights work. From there we will then fly to SFO via…
Back in Kathmandu
Just a quick post to let everyone know that Caroline and I are safely back in Kathmandu. After arriving back at EBC and celebrating with the Sherpa staff our success, we got hit with a pretty strong snow storm. So…
Stephen expected back in EBC anytime now!
Hi All, It is about 10:30 here at EBC and I expect Stephen (and the whole team) to arrive before lunch. The weather today here is not so good: we are completely under cloud cover and it has been snowing…
Stephen summited at 8:20 this morning!!!!!
Yihaa!!!!!! Stephen summited Everest at 8:20 on May 23rd!!!!!!!! He was second of the AAI group to accomplish this amazing feat!!! More summit details on the AAI cybercasts. Everyone is going down to Camp 4 now. Tomorrow to Camp 2…
This is the morning of the big night!!!!
Hello Everyone! This is the morning of the big night/day! Stephen and team are currently at Camp 4; today is their rest day there (they arrived there yesterday). I’ve been listenening to the radio communications between EBC and Camp 4…
Dates (tentative) set for the Summit Push
Caroline made it to EBC. She did a big push from Loboche and pulled in just in time for lunch with the rest of the team. The team is now getting ready for our Summit Push. We are all a bit excited…
Rotation 2 Over – Back at EBC
Glad to be back at EBC after our rotation up to Camp 3. Myself and the entire team are doing really well. The plan for the next week is to drop down the valley to thicker air where we can get stronger…
Schedule for Second Rotation has be set
Another rest day at EBC, but we have the schedule for the next rotation Signing out from a very hot EBC.