Mushroom Point at Elbrus
Today’s acclimatization trekk went to Mushroom point, a four hour and 350m climb. I liked the training since it was the first real qualification of my body. It’s a great starter for tomorrow’s climb up to High Camp with a heavy backpack. Weather seems to…
Arrival in Elbrus Base Camp
Yesterday we met our russian guide Valeriy in his Russian Niva jeep so I went for a ride to check it out when the others in the team rented missing equipment. Vladimir has been a guide at Elbrus for ages and knows the mountain very…
Mount Elbrus finally in my eyes
Marcus, Sebastian and myself decided to climb Elbrus together. Its the third expedition together after Aconcagua and Rolwaling in Nepal. After some time you get to understand how we function together and the groupdynamics evolve to it’s best shape. Many people became surprised when I…
Seven summits no.4 approaching
Hello again all friends! Last month I celebrated my summit at Everest on the 16th of May 2018. The celebration was somewhat special since I spent my time in Florence in Italy. I was happy to find a great gym in the middle of the…
Life after Everest
Seven months have passed since my Everest summit. Some of my blog-readers have asked me about my next plans and here is an update! I have returned to somewhat normal conditions in life. Everest is in my thoughts almost every day and I explore my…
Takeoff from Everest
Hi Friends! This is my last blogpost from the Mt Everest expedition 2018. In some way I dont want to end this expedition yet because I have so many thoughts and great memories surrounding the expedition. I will continue to carry on with these for…
Summit Mount Everest
Already one week before the summit day we had decided to summit on the 16th of May and skip Camp2 and have a very pushy approach. We didn’t want to communicate this until it was in action which surprised some other teams. We left North…
Back to Base Camp
The weather pushed us back from North Col again after our short trekk above the ridge in the morning. We have strong wind and snowfall in combination all over Everest. The clouds and snow appear normally in the late afternoon. The ropes haven’t even been…
Return to Advanced Base Camp and North Co
Besides bad weather, the purpose of going down to BC was also to gain energy. I managed to take advantage of two days in BC for energy building and clothes washing. The third day I just wasted in doing nothing – I was so lazy,…
Advanced Base Camp
The climb from Intermediate Camp (IC) to Advanced Camp (ABC) was a tough climb from 5735m to 6400m. However, it felt better compared to last year. It’s a beautiful six hour climb through a glacier that is a merge from two other glaciers. I had…
