Mount Everest

By sdarr17

  • Receive base camp information

  • Reports of severe weather, trip delayed

  • Working out final details of the trip

  • Landed at Kathmandu, India

    Landed at Kathmandu, India

  • The journey began.

    The journey began.

  • Reach 9,200 feet

  • Reach 16,000 feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice

    Reach 16,000 feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice

    The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal and flows down from the Khumbu Icefall on the southern slopes of Mount Everest. It is situated in the Cwm Valley and runs approximately two and one-half miles.
  • Reach 16,000 feet, The Lobuje

    Reach 16,000 feet, The Lobuje

    There are two distinct summits to Lobuje Peak - Lobuje East (6,119m/20,070ft) and Lobuje West (6,145m/20,161ft). Although they are connected by a continuous ridge there is a sharp gap and a considerable distance between them.
  • Arrived at Base Camp and had a Puja Ceremony

    Arrived at Base Camp and had a Puja Ceremony

    At Base Camp, a Lama and two sherpas stand before an altar created for a ceremony known as puja, which will invite blessings for the trip.
  • Reach Everest Base Camp, 17,600 feet

    Reach Everest Base Camp, 17,600 feet

  • Resting after passage through Ice Fall

  • Spent the night at Camp 1.

  • Descent to the Lower Ice Fall

  • Team acclimatizes at Camp 2

  • Nawang sick with edema, very sick

    Nawang sick with edema, very sick

    When Nawang was on the expedition of Mount Everest, He was at a very high altitude. While he was at that high altitude he got very very sick with edema. Edema: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

  • Guide ropes need to be fixed at South Col

  • Team now stable (O2) at Camp 3, 24,000 feet

  • Descended back to Base Camp 2 for a rest.

  • Fischer's crew is looking strong

  • Resting at Camp 2

    Resting at Camp 2

  • Left Camp 2, 21,300 feet

  • Reach Camp 3

  • Rach 27,600 feet, Balcony

  • Reach Summit, 29,028 feet

  • 1:17 pm, begin descent

  • Scott Fischer and Rob Hall stranded on Everest

    Scott Fischer and Rob Hall stranded on Everest

  • 8 confirmed dead on Everest

  • 8 confirmed dead on Everest

  • Fischer buried above South Col as the team regroups.

    Fischer buried above South Col as the team regroups.

    May 6th, Fischer had to escort a group of climbers. Later in that trip, Other Sherpa's had finally reached Fischer was in a coma and roped to Makalu Gao, who had been left their by Sherpas trying to help him down. Only capable of taking one climber, the Sherpas chose Gao because he could be revived and would be more likely to live. They bundled-up Fischer and left him with extra oxygen.

  • New leader Beidelman pieces together disaster