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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Safely at Camp II and going up
Hello SWEETFCers* – Kelly here with an update: Seth made it through the ice fall yesterday in around 4 hours, rested briefly at Camp I, and then continued on to […]
Summit bound – Friday the 13th?
Short version: hope to be heading for the summit from Camp IV at the South Col all day long on Thursday (PST or EST – doesn’t matter, I should be […]
Welcome to this world and assorted news
I’m not sure if it is kosher to post this, but a big congrats to friends Alex and Jennifer Uy, and a welcome to the world for baby Amelia who […]
Going big by going small: How much does Everest cost? And first summits!
Americans are burdened with some ugly stereotypes. In general, we tend toward obesity, don’t speak other languages, dance in the streets when we assassinate people, can’t place Europe on the […]
Work It! High Altitude Swedish Photo Shoot
Linked up with friends from Peak Promotions (Christine, Robin, Jenny, and Oskar) in search of the Pumo Ri base camp. Oscar is a photographer (http://www.kihlborg.se) and was also on the […]