Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Updates

Updates

• Esther Colwill
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Vernon Tejas
• Dispatch one: Guides leaves for Everest
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Dave Morton writing in from the Yak n Yeti hotel in Kathmandu.
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Dave Morton writing from Namche Bazaar
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Dave Morton writing from Thame
• Willi Prittie writing from Khumjung

• Dave Morton reporting from Deboche

• Willi Prittie reporting from Pheriche
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Jose reporting from Pheriche
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Team doing well in Lobuche
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 reporting from Everest Base camp
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Namaste again from Everest BC
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Jose Luis reporting from Everest Basecamp
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 settling into our wonderful home here at 17,600 feet
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Practice
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Namaste from Everest Base Camp
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Namaste from the Icefall
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 To The Summit
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005 Camp One
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Greetings to everybody from Camp 1 on Everest
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Camp 2
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: sky so full of stars
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Everest Base Camp
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Basecamp is getting busy
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Our Sherpa team has reported very hard blue ice on the Lhotse Face
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Camp One
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Camp Two
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Hello friends
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Camp Two
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: All back down from Camp III safe and sound
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: More Avalanche details
• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Happy Cinco de Mayo

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Deboche

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Namaste friends and family

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: began to retrace our steps back to Base Camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Hello friends, family and loved ones...

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: The most important part of the expedition which is yet to come

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: A few teams that have made the move out of Base camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Oxygen day

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Everest Base camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Everest Base camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: They are bored...

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Teams turned this morning at the Balcony

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Big Meeting in Base camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Everest Base camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: TIME TO CLIMB

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Namaste

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Emotionally draining

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005:  Vernon Tejas and David Liano are pushing up to Camp 4 at the South Col

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Off to the summit!

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: May 30 Summit Night 4:00am

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: May 30 Summit Night 5:20am

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit Four

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: The Summit News from Nepal

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Getting ready for the next move up

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Camp 4

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit Team down to Base Camp

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: AND THEY’RE OFF!

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: IT’S A GO!

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit Push

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit Push at the Balcony

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Summit Team Heading Down 10:30

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: June 2 Back to South Col 1:00pm

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Update: June 3 Camp II

• Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: By chance or not, you decide?

Vern Tejas, Willi Prittie, Dave Morton, Jose Luis Peralvo, and Lakpa Rita Sherpa will lead the Alpine Ascent team on Everest this Spring. They will attempt the standard South East ridge route.

GUIDE STAFF (BIOS)
Lakpa Rita Sherpa Senior Guide & Sirdar	Vern Tejas Senior Guide	Willi Prittie Senior Guide
Dave Morton Senior Guide	Jose Luis Peralvo Senior Guide	Ellie Henke Base Camp Manager
CLIMBERS
Nigel Clark	Esther Colwill	Ron Farb
Kevin Grant	Cathy Groninger	Kent Groninger
Mostafa Mahmoud	Jeanne Stawiecki	Dianette Strange-Wells
Tony Van Marken	David Liano	Danielle Fisher

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