Everest

  • Landed at Kathmandu, India

    Landed at Kathmandu, India
  • Receive base camp information

  • Reports of severe weather, trip delayed

  • Working out final details of the trip

  • The journey began

    There is evidence, but no conclusive proof that an Englishman by the name of George Mallory and partner Andrew Irvivine reached the summit in 1924. Mallory and Irvine were last sighted from teir base camp just short of the summit and looked certain to make it. They never returned from that climb so there can be no conclusive proof. Their bodies have never been found. This means that the 29th May, 1953 summit by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay is recognised as the
  • Reach 9,200 feet

  • Reach 16,000 feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice

    Reach 16,000 feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice
  • Reach 16,200 feet, The Lobuje

    Reach 16,200 feet, The Lobuje
  • Arrived at the base camp and had a Puja ceremony

    Arrived at the base camp and had a Puja ceremony
  • Reah Everest base camp 17,600 feet

  • Resting after passage through Ice Fall

  • Spent the night at camp 1.

    Spent the night at camp 1.
  • Descent to the lower Ice Fall

  • Team acclimatizes at camp 2.

    Team acclimatizes at camp 2.
  • Nawang sick with edema, very sick

    Edema is a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells.
  • Guide ropes need to be fixed at South Col

  • Nawang rushed to Kathmandu

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

    Team now stable (02) at camp 3, 24,000 feet
  • Descend back to base camp 2 for a rest

  • Fishers crew is looking strong

  • resting at camp 2

  • left camp 2. 21,300 feet

  • reach camp 3

  • reach 27,600 feet, balcony

    reach 27,600 feet, balcony
  • reach summit, 29,028 feet

    reach summit, 29,028 feet
  • 1:17 pm, begin descent

  • Scott Fisher and Rob Hall stranded on Everest

    Scott Fisher and Rob Hall stranded on Everest
  • 8 confirmed dead on Everest

  • Fisher buried above South Col as the team regroups.

  • New leader Beidelman pieces together disater