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Arrival
Landed at Kathmandu, India. Kathmandu is the capitol and most economically advanced city in Nepal. Kathamndu's tourist rate is not only due to the fact of Everest being so near, but is that of the economical industries in Nepal and close areas. Tourism is so important there, it is somtimes called the thrird religion, (haha). Most income of the people in Nepal are based on the tourists. -
Information
Receive base camp information -
Weather
REports of severe weather, trip delayed. -
Details
Start working out final details of the trip. -
Begining
On March 31, 1996, the expedition begins on the trecherous, monsterous, human-consuming mountain called Everest. This mountain is the tallest point on earths crust, reaching up to 29, 029 feet at its highest point. During the '1996 Disaster', there were eight fatalities. Everest has claimed a recorded 210 lives. Some conditions are so terrible, the bodies must be left where they fall, and many corpses are veiwable for present climbers. Everest is huge...and deadly. -
Height Update
REach 9200 feet. -
Height Update
Reach 16000feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice. -
Height update
REach 16200 feet, The Lobuje -
Arrival
Arrived at base camp and had a Puja Ceremony. A puja ceremony is a gathering to pray and offer gifts to god. On Everest, Puja ceremonies are held before each climbing edition. During these ceremonies, climbers and guides pray and offer gifts to the 'gods of everest'. The ceremonies are tradition and are held before each climb. -
Rest
REsting after passage through Ice Fall -
Height Update
Reach Everest Base camp, 17600 feet -
Camp 1
Spent the night at camp 1 -
Lower Ice Fall
Descent into Lower Ice Fall. -
Camp 2
Team acclimatizes at Camp 2 -
Sickness
Info on Edema
Nawang sick with edema, very sick.
Edema is a illness in which fluids in the become trapped within tissues. Edema can be caused by many things; too much salt, sunburn, heart failure, kidney disease, liver issues, pregnancy, some medications, and excessive walking or standing in extreme conditions. Edema can be permanent or temporary, coming and going time to time. It can be prevented only by preventing the causes. -
repairs
group ropes need to be fixed at South Col. -
Rushing
Newang rushed to Kathmandu. -
Camp 3
Team now stable (O2) at camp 3, 24000 feet. -
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Fischer's Team
Fischer's Crew is looking strong. -
Camp 2
Resting at cmap 2 -
Leaving
Lesft camp 2, 21300 feet -
Camp 3
Reach Camp 3 -
Height Update
Reach 27600 feet, The Balcony. The balcony is a small platform at 27600 feet. The air is thin on the balcony so the climbers wear oxygen tanks to aid their breathing. from the balcony, you can see peaks of the Himalayan Mountains far below you. For some climbers, the trip down is tougher than the trip up. In fact, most deaths on Everest occured on the way down the mountain. -
Height Update
Reach Summit, 29028 feet. -
Descent
1:17 pm, begin decsent. -
Stranded
Scott Fischer and Rob Hall stranded on Everest. -
Burial.
Fischer buried above South Col as teh team regroups -
New Leader
New leader Beidelman pieces together disaster -
Primary Source
"I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest--it's only a mountain"
-Junko Tabei
