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Month: May 2011

Trek out of Base Camp

The walk out was very strange. First to see the tents being dismantled and barrels loaded onto yaks. Everywhere you looked, across the whole base camp, someone was lifting a […]

Posted on May 26, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb2 Comments

A couple summit pics

OK- Many more to come but I’m in a bad internet cafe in Kathamandu and I’ve lost the cord to my laptop. These pics were emailed to me by Oskar […]

Posted on May 22, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb1 Comment

The true story of my Everest Toe Nail (ETN)

I recently read Marshal Ulrich’s book ‘Running on Empty’ (http://marshallulrich.com/). The man is an endurance machine and I appreciated the introspection he included. Marshall also had all of his toe […]

Posted on May 15, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, dumbass, Everest Climb2 Comments

Summit Push Recap

[update 5/24: There are a number of summit pictures on: https://picasaweb.google.com/wolpin] I’m not sure how to start this. What a trip! I’m in my tent at base camp, on hold with […]

Posted on May 15, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb5 Comments

SAFELY DOWN to Base Camp!!

SWEETFCers, Kelly here with a final update: Let the party begin!!!!!!  Seth is now safe and sound at base camp, coughing a lot but soothing his throat with a much […]

Posted on May 14, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Uncategorized10 Comments

Descending… now at Camp IV

Hello SWEETFCers, I just heard from Seth again – it’s just after 10pm on Thursday in Seattle and he’s back down to Camp IV.  He’s exhausted but sounds great.  Here […]

Posted on May 13, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
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Descending… sleeping at Camp III

Happy Friday the 13th, SWEETFCers! Kelly here with another update: What a frustrating day for the Blogger website to go down for maintenance!  I know a lot of folks have […]

Posted on May 13, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb4 Comments

At the top of the world!!!!

What a day, SWEETFCers!Kelly here with very exciting news!!At 5:25am on Friday morning in Nepal, Seth stood on the summit of Everest!!!!  I got the briefest of phone calls from […]

Posted on May 13, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb1 Comment

The Summit Push!!

SWEETFCers- Kelly here with another update: I heard from Seth around 1:00 this morning, calling from Camp IV.  He said it took six and a half hours of jumaring to […]

Posted on May 12, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb5 Comments

Camp III and movin’ on up!

Good morning SWEETFCers, Kelly here with another update: Seth made it safely to Camp III (23,700 ft) last night after a long, slow trudge up the Lhotse Face.  He said […]

Posted on May 11, 2011March 9, 2015 by Seth
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climb, Everest Climb2 Comments

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