Discovery Channel

After 2 years of planning, and fifteen years or so of dreaming, Everest is finally here. I leave on Tuesday for Kathmandu where I meet the Himalayan Experience team I will be guiding. All signs are already to pointing to a great season on the World’s tallest mountain. The snows through the winter have been light, and satellite imagery of the peak and surrounding area suggest cold temps and little snow.

Just spoke to Adrian on the sat phone (May 20th - 6am PST). Our team of 10 climbers, 3 guides, 1 Discovery Channel cameraman and 11 Sherpas are now getting a few hours of rest before their summit attempt.

The members took between 4+1/2 and 6 hours to climb from Camp 3 to Camp 4 at the South Col, experiencing some delays on ropes as they waited for descending climbers who had summited yesterday, but no significant problems.

Amazing that it has been 3 weeks already since our Everest summits. Members and sherpas from the team are back home, and the guides and staff are back in Kathmandu, trying hard to gain weight and celebrating the season. And there is a lot to celebrate.