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A brief update on the Mt. Everest summit attempt by climber Fred Alldredge. Due to a multitude of circumstances, Fred and his client decided to abandon their summit attempt for this season. Fred has returned home safely to his home in Salt Lake City and will share his experience in a final dispatch very soon.
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We have finally reached Everest Basecamp and after a few days of well-deserved rest, it is time to start our training in earnest. It’s hard to imagine a better place to put an edge on mountaineering skills that may have become a bit rusty and dull during time spent away from the mountains. The camp…
We fly from Kathmandu to the small mountain village of Lukla. The airstrip we are aiming for is canted upward at a disturbing angle and ends abruptly in a cliff wall that rises several thousand feet above the village. It’s a one shot deal and the pilot and aircraft must perform perfectly. We have officially…
It’s been 3 years since I’ve been to Nepal. Stepping off the plane in Kathmandu the place comes back in an avalanche of forgotten senses. The tropical heat soaks in as the traffic flies by on both sides of the taxi with horns blaring. The smog is so thick that the mountains surrounding the valley…