We report an awesome day on Everest today, good weather and a strong team effort from everyone. Our team from Myanmar summited Everest this morning at 7.15am, Win Ko Ko and Pyae Phyo Aung, are the first to represent their country on the top of the world today! They were followed by Brazilians, Carlos Santalena […]
The team are on their summit push and are currently resting at C4 (South col). It was windy at C3 last night and they did well to reach the South col in good time this morning. We are an 11 person team, 4 clients and 7 Sherpa guides. Weather being all good they will start […]
Well we’re all set to go, our Sherpas have finished stocking the South Col and are now taking a rest at EBC. We’re aiming for a date soon after the 19th as the next good weather window for the summit. Everest was summited first this season by the Sherpa line fixers on the 11th, and […]
Chris Burke achieved her 1st summit on Ama Dablam with Lakpa (his 21st!!!!) on Nov 29th. Ama Dablam has been a goal of Chris’ for a while after sickness foiled her 1st attempt in 2010. Feeling fit off Parchermo this time around, Chris topped out in good spirits, even after they were pushed back to […]
News just in that Lakpa and team have summited on Annapurna ! We will update more once the team is back at base camp. We are also making steady progress on Everest, all the teams are out on the mountain at the moment on their third rotation. Some are currently sleeping at C2 and others […]
Read Pt 1 of Diane Westaway’s adventures in the Khumbu (Ama Dablam/Lobuche) with us. http://coastrek.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/r/69948C028DB1B394/B632E7BB1F05095EC35B3650D253B2D9
Chris Burke made the first summit of Parchermo (6273m) for Himalaya Ascent with Jangbu and Pasang on November 18th! Chris is already heading towards Ama Dablam base camp now for her next adventure on our favourite mountain with Lakpa. Climbing partner Susan is heading back to Lukla. Susan has had an enormous adventure herself starting […]
Pat’s team successfully topped out on Ama Dablam today with Lakpa, now celebrating his 20th on the Khumbu darling!! They moved from Camp 2.7 and reached the summit at 12pm. They’ll be back at base camp tomorrow. Independent climber Vivien Jean had a great day yesterday summiting Ama Dablam from Camp 2 and then dropped […]
Pat’s Ama Dablam team are on their way to the infamous Camp 2 (i.e. a tiny rock ledge on top of a pillar) for their summit attempt. They acclimatized on Lobuche East and are now making a direct attempt on the summit without the need to rotate multiple times on the mountain. They aim to […]
Both Sumit’s (Very Best of Everest) and Pat’s groups have summited Lobuche East, Pat’s yesterday and Sumit’s the day before. For Sumit’s team, it was their first stab at mountaineering and they all did amazing! After resting an extra day at Lobuche base camp, they are now on their way to the Gokyo valley via […]