23May 2022 Some fantastic news from Mt Everest! We’ve been following Reservist Garth’s Miller’s journey to Everest and back. Here’s Garth’s latest post… “Thank you for following along on this adventure. On 20 May, for a few short minutes, I had the summit of Mount Everest to myself. 24 hrs later, I summited Lhotse (the …
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14 May 2022 “I Leave Base Camp tonight. Plan below. Weather looks to turn unsettled from 20th so this is it!” 15 May: Camp 2 (6,400m) 16 May: Camp 3 (7,300m) 17 May: South Col leave for the summit at 10pm that night 18 May: Summit Everest (8,848.86 m) and back to Camp 4 19 …
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14 May 2022 Back at Base Camp following what for me was a tough 4 day acclimatisation rotation beyond Camp 2. Photo 1. The first ladder in the Icefall. As Pasang stepped off the other end it pinged off and disappeared from view, left hanging out of sight by a single rope. We hauled it …
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09 May 2022 Time to move up. I leave Base Camp in a few hours, heading through the Khumbu Icefall to Camp 1 at 6000m. There the plan is to rest and hydrate for 24hrs before moving up the Western Cwm to Camp 2 at 6400m. I’ll spend two nights there, allowing time to explore …
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09 May 2022 I’m setting off through the Khumbu Icefall at 0200 tonight. The plan is to stay at Camp 1 at just over 6000m in the Western Cwm tomorrow night before moving to Camp 2 at around 6400m for two nights after that. In that time I’ll spent a day climbing up the lower …
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08 May 2022 A great day. Testing and prep’ing my oxygen set and climbing in the Khumbu Icefall with the legend Da Jangbu Sherpa (13 Everest summits). My previous experience of Everest was from the Tibetan side which has nothing like this! Perhaps the most famous and feared section of the climb from Nepal is …
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07 May 2022 Following a short acclimatisation hike today, tomorrow sees my first exploratory foray into the Khumbu Icefall. The icefall is a maze of fixed lines, ladders and abseils through constantly shifting glacial terrain. It’s certainly not for the faint hearted. Starting just above Base Camp at around 5350m it tops out close to …
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06 May 2022 Arrived at Everest Base Camp less than 90hrs after leaving London – that’s going some! A more typical schedule would be 11 days or so. The hard work begins now. Garth Miller
02 May 2022 En route to Everest. Having previously turned back just a couple of hundred metres from the summit I’ve changed strategy for 2022. This time, rather than climb from Tibet on the northern side of the mountain, I’ve switched to the more commonly climbed South Col route. The final 24hrs of the climb …
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