Kathmandu – Lukla – Everest BC
Kathmandu – Lukla – Everest BC – Island peak & back – spend a wonderful few weeks in november 2012 safely treking around these wonderful peaceful mountains of the Himalayas…….great fun great people great country.
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Day Two – just arrived in kathmandu
Hi Guys Just arrived i kathmandu after a long haul flight which felt like i travelled round the world in one day. Arrived to be greeted by my climbing sherpa Nima Gombu & wait for it hes a 17 times everest summiteer “totally humbling”,So i think im in prity good guiding hands. Any way we stepped…
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Day One – Bags packed – Tickets in hand – Plane awaits for Kathmandu
DAY ONE Well folk bags are packed – Tickets in hand & the plane awaits as i sit at the gate waiting depart for a long haul trip to Abu Dhabi then on to Kathmandu and ill arrive 4pm tommorow prob completely jet wrecked …forms good had a tough day saying my goodbyes to…
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Last training on Mt Errigal
Spend my last training climb today on my beloved Mt Errigal deep in the hills of the most beautiful place in the world Co,Donegal. Today i was joined by my life long friends and scouting pals from many moons ago – Clive & Keith Davision, Francie Gallagher,Brian mc Fadden & Adrain Wasson & my son…
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Did you know
By Andrew Moseman – January 8, 2009 3:22 AM Mt. Everest Climbers Measure Lowest Blood Oxygen Levels on Record Their Own On top of the world, just below the more than 29,000-foot high peak of Mount Everest, a team of four British medical researchers braved the elements and took their own blood samples. What they…
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Irish Everest Summiteers
North & south 37 in total… Jasons hoping to be 38th Irish man – First EVER Donegal mountaineer & 16th Irish climber via North East Ridge . 1 Dawson Stelfox27/05/1993N Col – NE Ridge 2 Patrick Falvey27/05/1995N Col – NE Ridge 3 Gerard McDonnell22/05/2003S Col – SE Ridge 4 Michael Murphy22/05/2003S Col – SE Ridge…
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres above sea level and the 5th tallest mountain measured from the centre of the Earth. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Wikipedia Elevation: 8,848 m First ascent: May 29, 1953 Prominence: 8,848 m First ascenders: Tenzing Norgay, Edmund…
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Why Does Everyone Climb Everest in May?
By Rob Goodier May 21, 2012 2:00 PM Why is everyone ascending Everest in May? To find out, and to get other answers to our questions about Everest, we talked to John All, a geographer at Western Kentucky University. All climbed Everest in 2010 via the Northeast ridge and has spent a year collecting data…
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