Summit Everest North Col !!
Yesterday at 15:10 I reached the North Col together with Chhiring. The highest point was 7060m. I am so happy that it finally worked after four days in Advanced Base Camp and one failure. I did it!! North Col is such a beautiful and tough…
Arrived in Advanced Bas Camp
Three days ago we emptied Base Camp from essential equipment that we will be needing in Advanced Base Camp. The last day in the Base Camp Chhiring arranged a so called Puja Ceremony in our Camp with two Lamas. With the Puja we will be…
Arrival in Interim Camp
We have moved to our Interim Camp now. The trekk was tough yesterday. We covered 16km, 700m in altitude and 32500 steps upphill from Basecamp. Our camp Interim was built at 5900m. On the way up we met a yak-caravan with 150 yaks. I always…
Two hard days and some planning
The first two acclimatization days at Everest Base Camp were really though to me and the team. Most of the team ran into altitude sickness and needed medical treatment. At 9PM we usually decide that it’s time to get some sleep in the tents. The…
Arrived in Everest Base Camp
We have arrived at Everest Base Camp, 5141m, at 12:44 today the 18th of April. We have more sunshine than we need so I thought I would send you some via satellite today. The camp is setup and this afternoon we will test-trekk to 5600m…
Utrustning – softgear!
En utvärdering av 5 klädfabrikat är nu slutförd. Det har varit ett otroligt letande på webben efter olika reviews. Jag har jämfört olika tekniker i hur man konstruerar plaggen. För mig var skalplagget, dunjackan och understället otroligt viktigt. Det måste hålla för det mesta. Till…
Val av ryggsäck
Jag utvärderade 5 märken och då med fokus på 50L volym. Bärsystemet ägnade jag mest tid åt. Visst är vikten en faktor men många gav rådet att inte helt fokusera på det. Det blev en avvägning mellan funktion för vandring resp. klättring och det finns ryggsäckar som är…
