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Everest team have summited, soon in Basecamp
Everyone in the Everest team but one, summited last night PST. They are soon down in base camp and thus safe. Everything went well but it was still a hard going – after all, it is the highest point in the world!
Everest climbers on hold for 12h, waiting for winds to drop
The Everest team is safely in their tents in camp 4, waiting 12h for the winds to drop, and the snow to stop falling. In (what used to be) 12h they will decide whether to go for the summit or not. The decision should be made in the morning tomorrow the 22nd Pacific Standard Time (if I have counted correctly).
This information was received from a blog post from the sister of the expedition leader. For reasons of anonymity we don´t post the URL here
/Markus
Hari, The TripleED researcher/climber is safe down in Everest BC
I was just informed that Hari is safe down in base camp after having turned around at Lhotse camp 4 after the weather forecasts turning bad. After having made the decision to go down he went all the way from camp 4 to base camp in one push. He feels well and all fingers and toes are where they are supposed to be.
The Everest team is still planning to go for the summit as far as we know – no new information that says something difference since the last time. I will keep you posted as I get information.
/Markus
Summit attempt delayed
It is time for the summit push for both the climbers on Everest and Lhotse in the expedition that we are studying. The first intention was to go for the summit on the 21 st (PST) but due to high winds both summit pushes have been delayed with one day. –
Except for that everyone is doing well.
/Markus
Kathmandu
Namaste! It’s Hari again, our TripleED climbing researcher. I’ll posting my own personal pictures and stories on my own site at hmix.org, but I’d like to share some of the experiences we’ve had so far. I don’t have time to write as I have quite a bit of work to do writing up today’s field notes (all the researchers have been working long hours typing away!), so instead, I’ll post some photos. On a practical note, we’re all packed up and heading to the airport tomorrow morning, fingers crossed for good weather. We’re hoping to catch a plane or helicopter to Lukla where we’ll begin our trek to Phakding tomorrow.
- Candles at Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu
Well, it feels like I boarded my first of four flights just fifty hours ago and here I am! After living in tube-world for nearly 48 hours, it was nice to finally arrive in dusty, somewhat chaotic Kathmandu. Not so much has changed since I visited here last…a few roads are wider, but not too much on the progress front to report. I’ve been really busy with research tasks, errands and team activities, but things are running quite smoothly. I’m not jetlagged, staying healthy, and I have my fingers crossed to fly to Lukla in the morning.
- I woke up to this on my second day of flights…foothills of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan.
- A lama blesses my journey
- Markus, our research project leader, taking field notes during a busride
- TripleED research team at Boudhanath. L to R: Andrew, Susannah, Markus, Jacob, Hari
- Preparing for a cremation along the Bagmati River
- Sadhus at Pashupatinath, one of the most important temples of Shiva in Hinduism
- Monkeys at Pashupatinath
Flying in
Sitting here at the airport in Singapore, in transit for Kathmandu. Earlier I had reports from the initial team (Andrew, Jacob and Susannah) that they made it and are getting settled in. The only problem is that only one out of seven duffels made it with the flight. Well, eventually they should get there and our research tools were anyway in the carry on. Hopefully I am luckier though.
So far the trip have been going alright. No big problems. I met the first mountaineer here in front of the gate. I nice guy from Perth, Australia that has set his goal to go to camp 4 on Everest as a preparation for a “real” summit attempt. Had a interesting conversation with him, what strikes me is that he could not say why he is climbing Everest, and that when he have done so he will go for easier and lower climbs in Europe.
Stay tuned!
Getting dressed for an 8000er
Hey, I’m Hari, the climbing researcher for the TripleED Everest expedition. I’ll be shadowing a commercial Everest team and conducting interviews, recording conversations, and much more from the upper mountain. If all goes well, I’ll make an attempt on Lhotse, Everest’s slightly shorter neighbor, without supplemental oxygen. Here’s what it looks like to get dressed for summit day…
Ready for Takeoff!
In 1 hour, TripleED researchers Andrew, Jacob, and Susannah will board their flights headed west across the Pacific. Markus and Hari will follow in a couple days, and the entire team will meet in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
In the last couple days the team has been madly preparing for departure, double-checking gear and making sure everything can fit in our expedition duffels. Check out this timelapse video of Andrew and Jacob’s packing process!