The Summit Night – 15th & 16th May 2017 We arrived at camp three, our final stopping point, at around 4pm on the 15th May. It had been an unrelenting, long and hot climb up from camp two. Camp three is located at 8,300m above sea level, 300m into the death zone, it is higher […]
Undoubtedly, one of the most important aspects of an Everest expedition is acclimatisation to the extreme altitude found on the mountain. Mount Everest soars to a whooping 8,848m, once on the summit, climbers will experience the equivalent to 33% of the available oxygen they experience at sea level. Acclimatisation takes time, patience, hard work […]
Travelling to Mount Everest basecamp on the North side of the mountain is a very different experience to the South side of the mountain. When I climbed Everest via the South side in 2012, I trekked for 9 days through the spectacular Khumbu valley slowly gaining altitude each day to reach the basecamp. In contrast, […]