EISPIRATEN

Looks like a fun outing, Dave & Phil!
I like your field bakery, totally awesome.

Not Cindy, they were at the Charger game yesterday.
Checked with her husband.. She went up on Sat.

Hope all is well with whoever it is!

simonov wrote: ↑Yikes! I think Cindy Abbott is 51 and I believe she is planning a second Aconcagua bid this year or next.
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That's right, she's 51 and broke both feet on Aconcagua.
Last time I saw Cindy was Everest BC.

Nice recce you two! Well done :]

ABC says 51 year old female training for South America, Aconcagua I take it. Driving red Prius, hope she stays safe tonight in the storm.
Search continuing. Anybody we know?
Hunker down and hold tight!

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?secti ... id=7826788

I'm down!

Maybe in Lytle Creek between Pine and Dawson in crampons?

Mitch you and Cy have pretty darn cool wooden ice axes. i'm gonna have to start shopping ebay for one. Got your ticket right here, Norma! ;) Swiss WWII era mountaineering axe http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1043/wwiiaxe.jpg Couple it with some Klettereisen! http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2347/1717...

Check it out at EddieBauer
Code: BLACKFRI

Three 40% off items in particular:
BC-100 Rain Jacket
Mountain Guide Jacket
Frontpoint Jacket

Good from 11/26 through 11/28

Nice TR, Norma!
First winter ascent of Baldy, very niice.

Great photos, Mark!
I'm thinking this is going to be a niice winter ...

Nice job, Zé!
Well done.

Lookin' good, EnFuego!

Good to see you back in the saddle.

Well done, Tina!
Thanks for sharing your pix



How did those Scarpa Omegas work for you?

Nice job, Elwood!

Patrick, that would be from the Grand Prix fire of 2003.

Superb pix!

Nice job Tim

Good stuff, Elwood!

Tim, outstanding job!
Well done ..

Thanks, guys! :D There are something like 30+ ladder crossings on the Khumbu Icefall. Makes the one on the Ingraham Direct route on Rainier that Simonov & I crossed look like nothing! http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2139/img245528small29771344.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2359/img24...

Never did finish, so here it is.. Approaching Everest Basecamp from Gorak Shep: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9600/dsc02024g.jpg Nuptse West Face heading up http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7301/dsc02025.jpg View up the lateral moraine towards BC and Tibet on the other side of the distant rid...

Nice job, Tina ..
Bellissimo!

Cool report! Nice techno in the vid too .. :D Ama Dablam is something to see .. http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1496/dsc01649.jpg South Face. Route they took is up the right hand ridgeline .. http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5310/dsc01870.jpg North Face and west ridge http://img824.imageshack.u...

Nice job, Tina!

Beautifull striated lenticular formation

Looks like somebody dropped a JDAM ..

Day 8: Dingboche to Lobuche, 16,175 feet http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2504/dsc01893v.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/599/dsc01894e.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7518/dsc01895u.jpg http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/292/dsc01897tc.jpg http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3725/dsc018...

Nice job, guys! Lookin' good

Haha, Sam. I was happy just getting a bucket shower when available .. Kumar is a tough dude! No hip belts for these guys ... Kumar is a great guy, all smiles. All of the porters are tough cats. Check it out: (somewhere around 16k) http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8762/dsc02293je.jpg http://img27.ima...

Your pictures bring back some of the best memories I have. You've done the trek, Sam? Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche (14,250 feet) The trail passes trough the Rhododendron Forest, a magical place. The whole time I kept thingking that a Unicorn would cross our path ;] After decending to Debuche we cr...

Nice!
I've been wanting to do those last two for years!

Gonna hafta sport that hat on climbs!!! It's a formal hat, not constructed for climbing .. ;) Day 4, Namche Bazar to Tengboche (top of middle ridge, rhs). Everest is the distant peak behind the Lhotse ridgeline http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5183/dsc01714n.jpg http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2...

Great pics. What kind of distance is it from Lukla to Namche and Base Camp? Not quite sure, but it's about a 75 mile round-trip from Lukla to Base Camp climbing from 9,000 to 18,500 feet in 10 days, 3 of those being rest days to acclimate. The medivac helo flew multiple times a day up along the rou...

Day 2 http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7103/dsc01555q.jpg http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9783/dsc01561b.jpg http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1210/dsc01564o.jpg http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6206/dsc01569ri.jpg Sagarmatha National Park entrance http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6213/dsc0157...