Climbing and Running
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Random Facts on the Everest Expedition
May 19, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
A few interesting (or not) tidbits) … Number of days spent about 17,500′ = 35 Number of days spent about 20,500′ = 12 Number of pieces of spam eaten = around 75 Number of days porridge was served for breakfast = 45 … number of times I at porridge = 1 Number of days sardines [...]
Typical Climb Schedule
May 19, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Please see http://www.alanarnette.com/alan/everestsouthroutes.php for (copyright) climbing map of the South Col route. Elevations and Times Between Camps base camp: 17,500′/5334m C1: 19,500′/5943m – 4-6 hours, 1.62 miles C2: 21,000′/6400m – 2-3 hours, 1.74 miles C3:23,500′/7162m – 3-6 hours, 1.64 miles Yellow Band – 3 hours Geneva Spur – 2 hours South Col: 26,300′/8016m – 1 [...]
Everest Base Camp at 17,500′
May 10, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Hi, I’m Leonora and I’m Mitch’s friend. He just called and asked me to post a note about his climb. Conditions are very harsh as you can imagine. He describes it as two and a half weeks of abject misery. Although unarguably one of the most beautiful places in the world, it is also the [...]
Everest Summit Push Schedule
May 4, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 21 Comments
A quick update (without pictures since this internet connection is like watching paint dry! ) Today is Wednesday May 4th and we have dropped down to Pheriche. Tomorrow we will go back from Labouche to EBC to arrive by Thursday evening. Friday May 6th is rest, pack nd fret day …. Current schedule from Dan [...]
Made it to Base Camp
April 9, 2011 by Nick Lewis · 9 Comments
Hey everybody, I’m Mitch’s son and I’ll be updating the blog on his behalf over the next few weeks. Sorry if it has taken a few days to approve all your comments; I’ve been doing them in batches. Had a nice 10 minute conversation with him tonight, he sounds a little congested but still in [...]
In Pheriche and on the way to base camp
April 5, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 14 Comments
(from Internet cafe in Pheriche at 13,900′ before setting out in a few minutes….). Today is Tuesday April 5th. Yesterday we were woken through the night by massive thunder and lightning storms in Pangbouche and in the morning everything was covered with about a foot of snow and was white everywhere! Sitting in the Himalayas [...]
Namche Bazar – 11,300′
April 2, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
So here we are in Namche Bazar on the way to Everest Base Camp, the last best internet cafe We left Lukla three days ago and stayed in a village called Phakding (we were told to be careful how we pronounced it … Yesterday was a pretty long slog from about 8800′ to here, [...]
From the Yak and Yeti to …
March 30, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 6 Comments
Well, it’s been a long adventure so far and it’s just got going! From leaving SFO on Sunday night … delayed to LA, and delayed to Bangkok – and a short 17 1/2 hour flight (with a crying baby – poor guy, two rows behind) to landing in Kathmandu and … it’s been exhausting (but [...]
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