In Base Camp!

Yahoo! Made it into base camp this morning! Always a welcome retreat. Good
food and lots of friends! SO we plan several days here to acclimatize, then
start some training and ladder practice. Very nice weather! This afternoon
there was a very good team leader meeting. Discussion on fixing the upper
mountain. Feels so good to finally be here and the start of our climb.

Posted by Scott Woolums, Everest Base Camp, 17,700ft. Nepal.

Kala Patar Summit!

Laurie and Robin summated Kala Patar today along with Brian. Were staying in
Gorak Shep tonight at over 16,400 ft. Tomorrow base camp. Also tomorrow we
have to say a sad goodbye to Laurie and Robin. They will start back down to
Lukla in the morning when we go up to camp. So we are close to actually
starting the adventure! Photos from the trek up to Lobouche yesterday!

Posted April 16, 2009 by Scott Woolums

Moved to Dingboche today at 14,400 ft.!

Up in the small village of Dingboche tonight. The clouds have moved in and its a bit colder. Very beautiful hike today. We stopped in the village of Pangboche for a blessing from the Lama Geishi. So we are going to be here for 2 nights acclimitizing before moving higher. Scott Woolums reporting from Dingboche, Nepal.

In Namche Now!

Were in Namche, the center of the Khumbu area and a very beautiful village high in the Himalaya. We arrived yesterday and will be staying another day to acclimitize. Snowed quite hard yesterday night, but today is clear and sunny. Very nice. Everyone is doing great. Laurie and Robin are along on the trek with us and Johnny and Brian are getting more excited as today is really our first view of Everest. Still a ways to go! Scott Woolums reporting from Namche, Nepal.

Good Luck with our Flights!

Yahoo. everything went as scheduled today with our flights into Lukla. A beautiful, clear day here in the Himalayas. Photo of Johnny, Brian and Scott just above the small village of Ghat. Were on our way now!

Flying in Tomorrow Morning

Wish for good weather as there have been a lot of delays getting into Lukla, the small airstrip we have to land at in the Khumbu region. Many groups have been delayed over 3 and 4 days. We are hopeing all goes well. Although the forecast is for some rain tomorrow. That will be the beginning of the adventure. Brian and Johnny are flying into Kathmandu in about an hour. Lots to do tonight to get ready to go still. From Kathmandu.

In Kathmandu

In Kathmandu getting ready to head out to the mountain. Everything is packed and ready to go. Lots of weather delays fo lots of teams this spring on the flights to Lukla. We are planning to fly in on the 8th. Yahoo!

Off to Everest this Spring!

Welcome to our Everest 2009 Expedition Reports!

Getting ready to go back to Nepal. Will be heading for the South side this spring with Brian and Johnny. Photo from 2006 on the top!
Scott Woolums