Our summit bid journey from C2 to C3 was marked by high winds reaching 70 miles an hour. Jumar (an alpinist tool used for ascending up the rope) served as a lifeline on a 40 degree slope. You had to hold onto it really tight in order not to get thrown around by wind gusts. … [Read more...]
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Just a regular day at 21000 ft
Today Camp 2 is abuzz with noise. Caravans of downsuit-clad sweating climbers are streaming through an odd collection of tents towards the Lhotse face to get in line for the chance of the Everest ascent in the next few days. Lots of nationalities, heaps of … [Read more...]
Fragility
At 2am on 11th of May, we walked out of EBC aiming to summit Everest on May 15th. I had no sleep that night anxiously thinking of what laid ahead. Two hours into the icefall journey at about 4am we were stalled by a badly broken ladder. That marked a freezing 4 hour long … [Read more...]
Known Unknowns
Tomorrow morning at 2am we will be leaving Everest basecamp for our final summit push. We know the routine: a silent breakfast, reflective pause at the stupa, headlight on followed by a 7 hour trip to C2. Our mantra over the next 4 days will be to conserve our energy by … [Read more...]
High Altitude Motherhood
The best present for Mothers Day that awaited for me at the Everest basecamp was a picture of my 6-year old doing Show and Tell on his mad mother's challenge. I hesitated sharing this photo. As is, I am deeply torn between the feeling of guilt of not always being there … [Read more...]
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