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1996 Mount Everest Disaster Climb

By ahelmer

  • Recives base camp info

    Recives base camp info

  • Reports of heavy snow fall propmts delay

    Storms can happen on Everest very quickly. Usually is a monsoon that turns into a snow storm. Winds can be furious on the mountain. The wind is so high that most of the time the summit is not even covered with snow. Storms are usually very strong and violent.

  • Working out final details of trip

  • Landed at Kathmandu

    Landed at Kathmandu
    The capitol of Kathmandu is Nepal. The population is about 1 million people. In Kathmandu they speak the languages Nepalese, Newari and Maithali. It is home to some of the highest peaks in the Himalayas.

  • The journy begans

    The journy begans

  • Reach 9,200

  • 16,000 feet Khumbu glacier 12 miles long

  • Reach 16,200 feet the Lobuje

    Reach 16,200 feet the Lobuje

  • Arriving in base camp Puja

    Arriving in base camp Puja
    There are two base camps on different sides of Mt. Everest. The base camp to the south is located to the in Nepal. The base camp located on the north side of the mountain is located in Tibet. Base camp to the south is at 17,000 feet. North base camp is at 17,900 feet high.

  • Reach Everest base camp 17,600 feet

  • Resting after passage through ice fall

  • Spent night at camp 1

    Spent night at camp 1
    Camp one is at 6,050 feet. Camp one is at at the end of the Western Cwm, right before the glacier tumbles down the icefall base camp

  • Decent into the lower ice fall

  • Reach 9,200 feet

  • New leader

    New leader

  • Team acclimazes at camp 2

    Team acclimazes at camp 2

  • Newag in dine condition

  • Guide Newag in dine condition ropes to be fixed to South Col

  • Newag rushed to Kathmandu

    Newag rushed to Kathmandu

  • Team now stable 02 at camp 3 24,000 feet

    Team now stable 02 at camp 3 24,000 feet

  • Decent back to base camp for a rest

  • Fishers crew is looking strong

  • Resting at camp 2

  • left camp 2 21, 300 feet

  • Reach camp 3

  • 1:17 pm begin decent

  • Reach 27,600 feet Balcony

  • Reach summit 29,028 feet

    Reach summit 29,028 feet
    The summit is the highest place on earth right now. It was first climbed on May 28, 1953. About 4,000 people tried to climb Everest. Only 660 people actually made it. It is 29,028 feet high which would be 20 Empire State building stacked together. In 1989 the first women climb Everest.

  • Scott fisher and Rob Hall stranded on Everest

    Scott fisher and Rob Hall stranded on Everest
    The summit is the highest place on earth right now. It was first climbed on May 28, 1953. About 4,000 people tried to climb Everest. Only 660 people actually made it. It is 29,028 feet high which would be 20 Empire State building stacked together. In 1989 the first women climb Everest.

  • 8 confirmed dead on Everest

  • Fisher buried above South Col as team progresses

    Fisher buried above South Col as team progresses
    Scott Fishers notes of climbing Everest