GreatOutdoors.com: inspire, equip, connect and GOCreates a all nodes RSS feedDave Hahn Back at South Col Hoping for Change in Conditions- May 25, 2008 Guess who It's me again. Just got off the radio with big wave Dave, winds are dropping a little bit but he's sitting in a thick cloud and he's definitely concerned about the riming or icing up of his day there, so he's going to go ahead and stick his head out in about 45 minutes and re-evaluate. Quote unquote he wasn't terribly optimistic about the direction it was headed, but definitely going t look at it some more. Timing wise, you start putting some numbers to it, he could still be.http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/dave-hahn-back-at-south-col-hoping-for-chan... Climbers Face Dangers of Rime Ice- May 25, 2008 Namaste, Mark Tucker here again. Well I just got off the phone, we have a custom weather report developed, so I gave the panic call to see if there's any more-it's all prediction of course-but he didn't have the greatest forecast for us but still hoping he could sneak it in there. Not much more on his front when it comes to giving us some stuff we can go by. Dave is back in his tent. The major problem is he was starting to rime up, so there was enough moisture in the air, kind of a sleety...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/climbers-face-dangers-of-rime-ice Dave Starts for Summit but Turns Around in Bad Conditions- May 25, 2008 Namaste, Mark Tucker here. Well Dave just had a pretty wild little bout up there, they finally did get out, got going, light precip, started getting windier, more precip, so they did the about face, and they are back in camp, just crawling into the bags, he's going to monitor the weather now for another chunk of time. There is still a window available right now, if he can see a change and a drop they will probably fire back up. We might have a day wait, I don't know, we'll shoot you another...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/dave-starts-for-summit-but-turns-around-in-... Windy at South Col at 10 p.m. Nepal Time, Unclear if Dave Will Continue- May 25, 2008 Namaste. Mark Tucker here, base camp. Well, I know I don't sound like Dave, you're probably not going to hear much from Dave on the climb. Sounds like there is a little issue with the phones. Hopefully he can check in. For now I'm going to try to keep you guys as updated as possible. Most recently, sounded like it was a little bit windy up higher and Dave's goal was to start checking about 20 minutes ago to see if he could see any signs of it subsiding. There are some teams who have now left...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/windy-at-south-col-at-10-pm-nepal-time-uncl... Winds Forecast to Increase During Summit Bid- May 25, 2008 Namaste, Tucker here at base camp. Just got off the radio with Dave, Nicky and he are doing quite well. Conditions are favorable at this time. Weather report says maybe an increase in winds, but I don't know, Lucky Pierre Dave, he can sneak it in. So we're hoping for the best, they are going to get some shut eye for a few more hours here. I gotta get the phone charged up so I can give you guys some reports during their climb. I think he's going to be a little busy to pull out the phone but I'm.http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/winds-forecast-to-increase-during-summit-bi... Oxygen Nap Before Earlier than Usual Departure for Summit- May 25, 2008 Dave Hahn again, same day up here, the 25th of May, the South Col. Things are going well still sitting in the tent, eating and drinking, going to be taking a hit of oxygen here, a little oxygen nap, because we are planning on a start rather than tomorrow morning, a start late tonight, so we have to use the afternoon to get our rest. Everything is going well for us, a little breezy at the Col here but not bad. And we're hoping it doesn't increase. Interesting walk up today, encountering a lot..http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/oxygen-nap-before-earlier-than-usual-depart... Dave and Nicky and Sanduk at South Col Poised for Summit Bid- May 25, 2008 GreatOutdoors, this is Dave Hahn and I'm calling you from high camp on Mount Everest. We are 8000 meters, just under 26,000 feet, 8,000 meters. It's great to be here, myself and Sanduk Dorje and Nicky Messner. We got a nice early start today from Camp III on the Lhotse Face. We woke up at four and we were walking by 6 a.m. It takes that long to get water, get breakfast, get suited up. We stepped out into the shadows of the Lhotse Face at 6 a.m. and started climbing up. I felt like we did a...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0525/dave-and-nicky-and-sanduk-at-south-col-pois... |