HeartDog decided to go with Hugo on an Everest expedition, with the High Adventure Expeditions team. Usually HeartDog spends her time relaxing with the other animals in Carys’ bedroom (Carys is Hugo’s daughter). This is the incredible story of the first dog to summit Everest. After flying into Kathmandu, HeartDog boarded a small plane to Lukla. […]
Mount Everest 2016
The High Adventure Expedition team has made it off the mountain intact. After closing down and packing up basecamp, everybody has returned to Kathmandu to celebrate the conclusion of a successful expedition. The rich and pungent city air of colorful Kathmandu is a welcome change from the monochromatic thin air at basecamp. Now comes the […]
The High Adventure Expedition team gathered in basecamp on Friday for a celebratory meal and cake. Most mountaineering accidents occur as climbers descend from their highpoints on a mountain. The entire High Adventure Expedition team has safely descended through the icefall and is now gathered at Everest basecamp. In high altitude mountaineering, safety is mandatory […]
Bill, Pemba, Nima and Jangbu descended from South Col to Camp 2 on Thursday where they will spend the night. They will come down to basecamp tomorrow. Ade is resting in Basecamp after descending from Camp 2 on Thursday. He is resting and recovering today. The full team will regroup in basecamp on Friday and […]
Bill and Ade woke to clear weather on Wednesday morning and set off for the South Col. Ade decided it would be best to return to camp and rest and regroup preparing for another attempt tomorrow. Everybody climbs their own mountain and it’s imperative to pay attention to your body. Bill, Pemba, Nima, and Jangbu […]
At 3:30 on Thursday morning, Pemba summited Mt. Everest for his first time. He hiked back down to the South Col to rejoin Jangbu, Nima and Bill who remained at the South Col for the night. Bill is struggling with some breathing problems in the thin air and was forced to abandon his summit attempt. […]
Hugo reports that Ade and Bill were ‘cozy in their sleeping bags’ as an unexpected storm pounded the mountain with 60+ mph winds yesterday. The Sherpas opted to descend to Camp 2 as the storm dumped snow on the mountain shutting down forward progress, but Ade and Bill stuck it out at 7,200 meters and […]
Ade and Bill have arrived at the High Adventures Expedition’s previous high point. They set out from Camp 2 on Monday and climbed the steep ice and snow of the Lhotse face. They arrived at Camp 3 which sits at 23,500 feet and plan to spend the night there before moving up to the South […]
The good news: Amit is safe and has recovered after spending a night in a Kathmandu hospital. As the HAEX team left Basecamp for Camp 1 on Saturday, Amit developed Acute Mountain Sickness. AMS is a serious condition that, left untreated, could develop into HAPE or HACE. In a dramatic, hovering rescue, Amit was lifted […]
Saturday was a glorious day! The clear and beautiful weather brought lots of sunshine which means a hot day on the mountain. The High Adventures Expedition team left basecamp at 4:20 AM bound for the summit hoping to make their final trip up the Khumbu glacier. The heat and exertion made for a long day, […]