Aconcagua approaching
I have been climbing in Nepal and Norway the last three years and thought one more 7000m mountain in the 7 summits series would be great before summiting Mt Everest in spring. I am looking for more high altitude experience and Aconcagua is it! Aconcagua, with its 6,961m, is the…
Thoughts during rock climbing in Norway
Recently I spent some days in Norway in the area of Tysfjorden. This is where you find mountains such as Stetind and Eidetind with the Klubbruta climbing route. Just a couple of days before this I also spent some days at Kebnekaise leading our 26 talents team…
Climbing adventure at Saint Victoire
Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1012m is located very near Aix in Provence. It’s been on my mind the last ten years and yesterday I summited at 10AM. I thought the south side from Puyloubier would be easy but doing this 650m climb showed out to be tougher…
Enjoying accomplishments and plans in life
Why is it difficult for some people to enjoy accomplishments in life? The reason to this question is that I started to rush into the next adventure project on the flight back from Nepal and Everest. The celebration of reaching North Col at Everest kind of just…
Everest North Col photo gallery
One month in Everest generates 1500 photos and 20 hours of video in my case. The Olympus TG4 and Tracker are always with me. The cleanup takes time but is great fun. So many memories come up and still its hardly 2 weeks since I came home. I…
Leaving Everest
Today I left Everest Base Camp early and in almost darkness. Before jumping into the car, heading towards Lhasa, I turned around and viewed the Mt Everest peak one more time. Everything was silent as a change, no wind, no clouds – just the giant…
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…
Everest in my eyes from 5200m
Today we passed by our highest altitude by car. This is a tough environment with sand storms, low temperature and strong wind. From this point we could finally see Mt Everest. This means that we still have a full day of driving left. At this…
Shigatse – a high altitude city
Yesterday we drove 280km from Lhasa to Shigatse. Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet and one of the worldst highest located city at 3743m. Approx. 100.000 people live in the city. Half way through the drive it snowed and we had a cloudy…
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…
