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Everest Base Camp Trek: Grom & Team Reach Base Camp
Posted by: Casey Grom | April 02, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 17,575'
The team safely arrived at Basecamp after a climb up Kala Patar. New altitude records for some! The Easter bunny must have come through camp because there were little chocolate eggs left around camp when we arrived (thanks Tucker). Most everyone is feeling better and enjoying the wonderful cooking of our BC cook Kumar. The team spent the day enjoying the views and a little exploring of the camp. Hot showers were had by all!
Tomorrow we’ll make the trek back down to Pheriche and hopefully cross paths with RMI’s Everest climbers.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Head Down Valley to Pheriche
Posted by: Mark Tucker | April 01, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 13,950'
Lulled to sleep by rock and icefall, what a night at Everest Base Camp. A few comments that it was the best dinner since arriving in country. Short lived this time, we are already back in Pheriche gearing up for Island Peak. Should be deep sleep tonight here in the thick air of 14,000 ft. We’ll bid farewell to the Trek team in the morning. As usual a whirlwind tour for the group. Lots of firsts for all. Once again the mountains provided fantastic views with perfect weather. Times like these are what bring you back to challenge the physical and mental. In time the photos will overshadow the tough conditions you are subjected to on trips like these. Maybe Hawaii next time, but I bet down the road another adventure of this type just can’t be avoided.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Arrive in Base Camp!
Posted by: Mark Tucker | March 31, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 17,575'
Mark Tucker from Everest Base Camp. We hiked most of the day under fabulous conditions and arrived for lunch by our favorite cook, Kumar. Lots to see here at Base Camp, we did some exploring. Dinner went well, Kumar cooked us a cake. He can bake us a cake because he actually has a small oven up here. Very comfortable, I’m so spoiled. Pretty white on the ground at this point. Hopefully it’s just an evening flurry and we’ll wake up to some blue skies. We have a good hike tomorrow. We’re going to head back down to Pheriche. That is our target for our hike. All is well up here at Base Camp.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Casey Grom & Team Reach Gorak Shep
Posted by: Casey Grom | March 31, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 16,950'
Hello again everyone.
Just one more day to go before we reach our goal of Basecamp! Today we arrived in Gorak Shep, the original Base camp that early expeditions used. Being that this is the last stop before the normal BC it is rather small, only about 4 tea houses here. Originally we were planning on climbing Kala Patar this evening, but due to reoccurring stomach issues and clouds rolling in we have opted for a morning ascent. The standard weather is clear in the morning and clouds in the afternoons, so hopefully it will continue to be the same.
Just so everyone back home knows, I have spoken to a few doctors about the issues (just mainly upset stomachs) and they have informed us that there have been many trekkers with similar symptoms this season.
Everyone is still smiling, just not all day long.
We are looking forward to Base Camp!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Summit Kala Patar
Posted by: Mark Tucker | March 30, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 16,950'
What a day! Easy climb up to Gorak Shep where lunch and rooms were waiting for us. Took a nice break then it was Kala Patar. Perfect conditions up the 1,400 ft climb to the summit. We timed it to be on top at sunset and just a bit of descent in the dark with headlamps, what an adventure. A good physical challenge for the team but perfect technique and perseverance paid off. Can’t tell you how many times I have done this climb, it never gets old, and is always a thrill. The view of Mount Everest does not get any better than from that vantage point, no wind and clear cannot be beat. For me to look up at the summit and think of all the time and effort I have spent over the years on that beast, brings me so much emotion it is hard to convey. The connection you make after you summit Mount Everest is a bond forever. I take pride in sharing what I have learned through my 15 expeditions over here with every team. I felt the mountain helping me, while also keeping tabs. Base Camp tomorrow.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Casey Grom & Team Trek into Lobuche
Posted by: Casey Grom | March 30, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 16,175'
Hello everybody, this is Casey Grom checking in from the second RMI Everest Base Camp Trek and Island Peak climb. Just wanna let you know that everyone’s doing well today, getting better and feeling better seems like every step, with whatever little tummy issues we were having. Today we left Pheriche in perfect weather and hiked beneath Taboche and Cholatse, two famous and iconic climbs here in the Khumbu. We hiked about four hours today at get up to Lobuche, so we made a big turn and we are paralleling the Khumbu Glacier, which is only about 300 yards from where we are camped. We are currently relaxing at the Eco Lodge, which is probably the nicest tea house, it seems like, up valley here. Everyone’s doing well and we are just now sitting down for dinner and looking forward to moving up closer to Base Camp tomorrow. Alright. That’s it for today. We’ll look forward to checking in tomorrow with everybody. Take care, bye bye.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Arrive in Lobuche
Posted by: Mark Tucker | March 29, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 16,175'
Mark Tucker calling from Lobuche. I’m leaning up against the window to try and get some reception. Can you believe it? We have no wifi, I so apologize. The team is doing well, we’re bunking down. We’re going to push up to Gorak Shep tomorrow. Had a great hike from Pheriche today. Boy we have really starting to feel like we are up, up, up. So, thin, thin air and getting thinner. Tomorrow marks the 65K endurance race coming from Gorak Shep. And so we are going to root some of these folks on that we’ve been parallel over the course of our trip. We’ll be glad to see them, but I am not too jealous of them running from Gorak Shep to Lukla in a matter of hours. I kinda like what we are doing, so we’ll check in again later.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Grom & Team Enjoy Some R&R in Pheriche
Posted by: Casey Grom | March 29, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 13,950'
Day of R&R, with a short hike to 14,600’ - higher than Mount Whitney, but nothing by Nepalese standards. Most are feeling much better, with the hope that a new day will bring much-needed strength to those still recovering from the Khumbu stomach bug. Of particular interest, see attached photo: Nepalese use of biofuels. Cribbage is the bomb, hope to master it soon! Hi to Yuki, Karis, and Rianna, don’t wish you were here :) yet, missing all of you. The yak cheese was really good!
RMI Climber Keith L.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Train in Pheriche
Posted by: Mark Tucker | March 28, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 13,950'
Rest days are done. We are now in the position to go for our summit. Base Camp being our goal. I feel good with the team’s condition at this time. Big push up to Lobuche tomorrow, a couple thousand feet at this altitude will surely be felt by all. We are ready, bring it on. Made some head way with climbing equipment adjustments and technical training for the Island Peak crew. Any old bench around the tea house can provide a great anchor and the door to the dining room being less than a pitch away isn’t all bad. Had a wonderful reunion with one of the finest Mountain Guides in the world, Casey Grom who overlaps his trip with ours for the night. Casey is such a talent in all aspects of climbing but what a challenge for him at a game of cribbage. So fun to hangout and nice to hash over logistics, since he will be climbing Island Peak a few days after us. A light dusting of snow this afternoon but clear tonight.
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Grom & Team Visit Lama Geshe for Their Blessing
Posted by: Casey Grom | March 28, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 13,950'
Day five in the Khumbu brings us more wonderful experiences and new heights. We left camp in Deboche and headed further uphill. Our first stop was in Pangboche to visit Lama Geshe, who is the highest ranking Buddhist in the valley. He is a high ranking Lama who is close friends with the Dalai Lama himself. All the Sherpas and smart climbers visit Lama Geshe before attempting any climbing here in the Khumbu. And because some of us will be climbing Island Peak and the rest of us would never turn down a blessing, we stopped by. Lama Geshe is from Tibet and speaks only Tibetan, he chanted and asked the mountains to give us safe passage and then gave us a Kata and tied a small string around our necks called a Sunde.
We stopped off to have lunch and then finished up our hike just as the clouds decided to sprinkle us with a little snow. We are currently resting in Pheriche which sits around 14,000’. Everyone is doing mostly well (a few folks are on the Khumbu weight loss diet, aka stomach issues!) but not to fear everyone is feeling better by the hour.
Looking forward to resting.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
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