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 […]
Pics from first Trip to Camp III and brief news
Finally made it into Gorak Shep and have an excellent (relatively speaking) net connection on my laptop. Unfortunately – I got sucked into work emails and now I have to […]
Trash and #1 and #2 on Everest South Side
I bailed on walking to Gorak Shep for a second day in a row. All for the better though as it has mostly sleeted and hailed all day. Below is […]
On Vacation – Back from Camp III
Namaste! Just a short note to say I got back earlier today from Camp III with a stopover last night at Camp II. It was a great trip up the […]
The descent begins…
Hello SWEETFCers, Kelly here with another happy update. I got a call last night around 10pm in Seattle (10:45am Friday in Nepal) from Seth, who was already down to Camp […]