Everest 2005: Mountain Madness summits 14 and now time for dinner!

Update: June 1st Hello Everyone!

We made it safely to base camp today.  Our cook staff greeted us with coke a cola & cinnamon rolls part way up the ice fall.  We all celebrated our successful climb of Mt. Everest.  We had a wonderful team and everyone worked together to make it to the top.  It's sad to see the expedition over.  We had good memories and great friendships.  I was fortunate to summit with such a good team, Willie, Dean, Eric, Undi, Lhama Jungbu, Pasang, Lakpa and Mingma.

Tonight our cook "Kumar" or "Big Boss" will make us a special dinner.  Tomorrow our Sherpa team is going up one more time to camp 1 to clean the remaining equipment off the mountain.  The icefall is becoming dangerous due to the warming temperatures, so we are happy that after tomorrow our entire team will be off the mountain.  The rest of the members will be taking showers and packing up at base camp.  We plan on hiking out the day after tomorrow. 

We say hello to our family and friends and look forward to coming home soon!

All the best, Christine

Update: As per the report of Liaison officer and Team Leader, the following 5 members and 9 High Altitude Worker of Mountain Madness Everest Expedition 2005 team has been successful to scale 8848 meter high Mt. Everest on 30th May, 2005 at 9:20 am.

30th May, 2005

1.         Mr. Guillermo Benegas (37 Yrs) Team Leader , Mountain Guide, USA

2.         Ms. Christine Joyce Feld Boskoff (38 Yrs) Member, Guide, USA

3.         Mr. Eric Samuel Garza (42 Yrs) Member, Service, USA

4.         Mr. Dean Daniel Cardinale (36 Yrs) Member, Guide, USA

5.         Ms. Shaunna Marie Burke (30 Yrs) Member, Cruiser, Canada

6.         Mr. Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa (26 Yrs) Sirdar, Namche-2, Solukhumbu, Nepal

7.         Mr. Mingmar Tsheri Sherpa(25 Yrs) High Altitude Worker, Jubing-1, Solu, Nepal

8.         Mr. Ang Pasang Sherpa (38 Yrs)High Altitude Worker, Jubing-1, Solukhumbu, Nepal

9.         Mr. Nima Unagdiki Sherpa (30 Yrs)High Altitude Worker, Jubing-1, Solu, Nepal

10.       Mr. Jangbu Sherpa (40 Yrs)High Altitude Worker, Jubing-1, Solukhumbu, Nepal

11.       Mr. Pemba Gyalgen Sherpa (31 Yrs) High Altitude Worker, Jubing-8, Solu, Nepal

12.       Mr. Chongba Nuru Sherpa (38 Yrs)High Altitude Worker, Chaurikharka-7,Solu, Nepal

13.       Mr. Lama Babu Sherpa (36 Yrs) High Altitude Worker, Bung-9, Solukhumbu, Nepal

14.       Mr. Nima Dorji Tamang (25 Yrs) Bagachol-9, Khotang, Nepal.

The Mountain Madness Everest Expedition 2005  team was permitted to climb 8848 m. high Mt. Everest from South East Ridge for the period of 75 days from 29th March, 2005 

The handling agency of the Expedition Team is Mountain Madness (Pvt. Ltd)   Kathmandu  Nepal.

Editorial Note: It has been reported that Shaunna Marie Burke was climbing independently. Details are not known to EverestNews.com at this time.

Update: Hello Everyone!

This morning at approximately 9:20 AM all members of the Mountain Madness team summited. Mountain Madness is the first team to reach the summit from the south side this year. After waiting days for a weather window the team summited in excellent conditions. They left the South Col last night around 10PM with a strong team of Sherpas breaking trail and fixing ropes as they climbed. All team members are in good condition.

Congratulations guys for your perseverance and hard work! 

Morgan Chessia

Update: Willie summited at 9.45am, no news on other team members... Yet

Update: May 29, 2005 – 8:00 a.m. PST

This is Christine Boskoff reporting from the 2005 Mountain Madness expedition. We are currently at the South Col and will begin our summit attempt shortly. Everyone is excited we finally get to go for it. We’ll be checking in throughout the day, so stay posted for more updates.

Update May 29th: Hello Everyone, The Mountain Madness team arrived at the South Col this afternoon with all team members feeling strong and healthy. The team plans to leave around 8PM tonight to summit Everest early tomorrow morning.

Best of Luck to Willie, Chris, Dean, and Eric!

Morgan Chessia EBC

That’s it for now. Cheers, Christine

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