After what feels like an age sitting at base Camp waiting we have a green light. Tomorrow Morning the whole team will set off for BC on what will become the summit push.
We have been carefully looking at all the weather forecasts and it would appear that we have a great summit window, low winds and almost no forecast snowfall.
Some teams at BC have already left looking for an earlier summit, in fact if all goes well the first teams should be on top in the early hours tomorrow (17th).
By leaving tomorrow to camp 2 we hope to be on the summit on the morning of the 21st and all back in BC no later than the 23rd and from there a return to Kathmandu. This all feels along way off right now, we are all just focused on one day at a time and we hope this will lead to a successful summit.
The whole team of Mike, Anita, Ran, Yuri, Laura and of course myself would like to thank all who have posted kind words on the Dream Guides Site.
I will try to up date via the Dream Guides office while we are on the hill but if I don’t please don’t worry as no news is good news. In the mean time keep fingers and toes crossed for the morning of the 21st.
A HUGE thanks to all who have supported the Dream Guides Everest 08 expedition. This includes
Mountain Hardwear
Ice Breaker
Land Rover
Lyon Equipment
Petzl
La Sportiva
Julbo
Top Out Oxygen
Science in Sport
Suuntor
Kenton
20 comments:
Hi Kenton,
Best of luck to you and the whole DG team for the summit push!!
We will all be thinking of you and will have our fingers well and truly crossed for you guys over the next few days...
Stay safe out there & best wishes,
Seb
Hi KC
Very best wishes to you and all the team for the summit push. I will be thinking of you all the way.
Uncle John
Good luck on your summit push. I am sure all will go well for you.
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Best of luck Kenton and to the team.
Be very safe, but go for gold on the summit.
We will all be thinking of you and watch your progress, especially Wills who at 5 years has now taken huge interest in the summit because its YOU!
Be Safe and best wishes
Jonti, Nicky and Wills xx
Hurry up Mr Cool, because I need you back in the land of no hills for a cricket match in July!
Much love and keep your longjohns on!
Rich
Lots of Mother and Father-In-Law love to you Kenton and love to the rest of the team.
Dwarde will have the Barbecue revved up for your return. Can you smell the Steaks Kenton?
Jenny, Dwarde and of course Mati xxx
Good luck to you and the team. Blooming fantastic effort, any chance of a wee bit rock?
God speed Mr Cool.. and the gang! (ha ha ha, like you won't have heard that 20 million times) :)
Take care,
Angela
Fucking crush it Chief !!!
J Varco
OMG its Stripey Mouse!
Good luck man!
Joe
Sending best of luck to you from here in Denver! We are watching what we can on BBC. Saw that Sir Ranulph Fiennes summited today, but don't know if that is your group or not. Looking forward to more posts. I can smell Jenny and Ted's steaks as well as I know how good their are. You musn't miss them. Looking forward to more news soon. Chuck and Susie in Denver, Colorado, USA
Woke up to the great news this morning. Congratulations to the whole team, to KC for yet another triumph and to Ran for showing the courage and fortitude that marks him out as a very special man.
Best wishes for the journey back
Uncle John
Fantastic news...
Kenton, I came to your talk about Ran at RAG last year, and came away intending to make a donation; have now finally got around to it! Congratualtions all!
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/supportus/fundraising/everest/
Congratulations Kenton to you, Ran and the rest of the Team!
Have a safe return and a well earned rest!
Stay happy
Nataliexx
Hi Kenton,
Congratulations. Met Ran two years ago and yourself last year at the Kendal film festival where I discovered dream guides and toyed with the idea of climbing Mt. Blanc. Last week I lost my brother and just last night decided that myself and two friends would go for the Mt. Blanc challenge. Today a woke up to find that you and Ran had reached the summit of Everest (I didn't even realise you were attempting the climb). This has further inspired me to attempt the Mt.Blanc climb.
Thankyou, Jeff
Congratulations to Ran, Kenton and all the team. Brilliant effort sticking with it, have a safe journey home. See you back in the UK Cheers Ian
Congratulations Ran, Kenton and the team with you. We are very proud of you all! Keep safe on the way down and we will see you soon.
Jenny and Dwarde xx
Congratulations once again on your successful summit with the team. You are truly an inspiration Kenton! Congratulations to all who summited!!
Congratulations on summitting to everyone who made it happen. Fantastic news!
Legendary leg-work and many congratulations from the White-Wine-Spritzers, who would like to take this moment to bathe in your reflected glory....
(whilst knowing that if we were actually there we'd still be supping on Grappa at Base Camp, waiting interminably until it became a bit less cold, gnarly and, well, high).
Safe down and see you back at Base-base-base-base camp
Dear Kenton, Congratulations to you and please send a huge congratulations and best wishes to Ran- what a fantastic achievement and amazing determination as one would expect from him- loads of press here which is great for the charity-enjoy Katmandu and safe climbing back to base camp. hope to see you this summer, all the best, andre
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