Starting an Everest expedition in Kathmandu
Hello all friends! Finally, I am in Kathmandu to prepare for the final and local preparations in the expedition. My day started with breakfast together with 25 Miss Nepal participants that happened to stay at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu for the Miss Nepal competition 2018….
One week and the Mt Everest 2018 expedition is on!
Hello all great friends! One week until departure to Mt Everest. Today the luggage was packed up. Its always exciting and a surprise – what… so much! Everything is focused on staying healthy which sometimes isnt easy. Last week I lost 3 days when I was food poisoned…
Summit Aconcagua !
Yippiii – We Summited Aconcagua in perfect weather conditions! A 360 view of the entire mountains around Argentina and Chile could be viewed in sunshine, -7degress and winds up to 40kmh. The Aconcagua peak is a flat 100x50m area with steep edges all around. The…
Bad weather at Camp3
The climb from Camp 2 to Camp 3 at 6000m went well! The view is just amazing when you can have the 270 view from east to west over the entire northern mountains. However, you can’t control weather and despite a great forecast the weather…
Views from Aconcagua Camp 2
Camp 2, 5538m is now established together with two other teams with mixed nationalities from Germany, USA, Poland, China and Norway! Still we are only 12 climbers here. At this altitude it’s only possible to get water from snow which makes the kitchenwork more cumbersome…
Getting closer now
What a wonderful night and sleep in Camp 1. This morning I woke up with the sun. Next to our camp is the freshwater supply in a little creek and it’s frozen in the morning. But if you listen carefully you can hear different cracking…
Passing by English Glacier on the way to Camp 1
We stayed one day in Base Camp before our first climb up to Camp 1 yesterday. This gave us some acclimatization and lots of energy. The weather was great but extremely strong sunshine. We carried 20kg each during the climb and most of the weight…
Rolling Stones at Base Camp
Today was an early day starting at 05:00 with pulling down the tents and loading the mules at Casa De Piedra camp, 3200m. It was minus five degrees and things where dark and cold. A five minute “breakfast” and we where heading towards Plaza Argentina,…
Arrival at Pampa De Lamas
First days trekking started at Punta De Vacas. We enjoyed a beautiful valley during the 6 hours when we ascended from 2000m to 2800m. It was very hot and dry so water control was a high priority. The mules are impressive in terms of how…
Arrival to Penitentes
We are on the way towards the mountains now. Still it’s the main road connecting to Chile. Lots of trucks make the way through the mountains. I have some mixed emotions not having my duffel bag with all equipment with me. IBERIA lost and forgot…
All camps up and running
All camps are now established – Base Camp, Interim Camp and Advanced Base Camp. Each team member has his/her own tent in each camp. We have staff in each camp making it possible to traverse between the different camps during acclimatization. It’s a hard mental…
Two days in Lhasa, memories for a lifetime
Arrived in Lhasa yesterday. This gave us a necessary altitude push with the 3553m. In the evening we could see the outside of Potala Palace which means “land of paradise”. The palace was established in the 7th century. The town of Lhasa can easiest be…
