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Day 10 Gorak Shep - Everest Base Camp - Dughla (5140m/16,864ft)) April 14, 2000
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Rocky glacial scree all the way to Base Camp; roller blading not recommended |
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Everest Base
Camp (17,500ft / 5300m) this year is a rag-tag collection of
tents housing some 300 people from 27 expeditions. ............................................. |
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Joe, Melissa, John, Ron, me, Ken |
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Tim Rippel
and Dr. Virginia Robinson. Hailing from Nelson B.C., Tim is the other climber from the Canadian Everest Expedition led by Byron Smith of Calgary. Tim is also working as cameraman on the climb. Tim is a very experienced Himalayn climber having been on multiple expeditions to Everest, Ama Dablam, Pumori. In addition to assisting ill climbers from other expeditions, Virginia (from Hamilton, Ont) has done much work with other expedition doctors at Base Camp to prepare for potential emergencies |
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A view of the fearsome Khumbu icefall Those with 20/20 vision or binoculars could see climbers moving through the icefall. A was able to make a satellite phone call home from here for only $5 U.S per minute, only about 2.5 times what it costs in Kathmandu. |
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On the way out
of Base Camp we bumped into Nazir Sabir of Pakistan. He is
one of the world's foremost Himalayn mountaineers. Joe was especially
estatic to meet Nazir. From Base Camp we descended all the way past Gorak Shep, Lobuche to Dughla. For some of us the day stretched out to 13 hours and we ended up descending the steep hill above Dughla in the snow and a rapidly setting sun. All told a very rewarding day! |
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