http://verascapes.com Everest 2006 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:53:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My summit photo is in. Alas, you can see, there isn't much light at 2:55am!  No complaints though. I'll cherish my summit as it was. http://verascapes.com/?p=82 I'm home and super happy to be here.  My first few days back were spent sleeping and walking around the house like a zombie. Jet lag has finally worn off, and I'm looking forward to working, seeing family and friends, and coming up with my next adventure. The Everest trip was definitely ... http://verascapes.com/?p=81 Donnybot, thank you, so much for all the wonderful congrats and well wishes. I am super psyched and touched by your emails and sentiments passed through Greg. Once I'm back in Seattle I'll make sure to reply to all of you! As you can tell, I am ... http://verascapes.com/?p=80 Hi Brenda! Originally uploaded by verascapes. One piece of info I forgot to include about Brenda's climb. I know some of you were wondering why she decided to go up from Camp 3 when the weather reports were predicting deteriorating weather, and other climbers were descending ... http://verascapes.com/?p=79 As promised, I am posting the details Brenda relayed to me from basecamp. Brenda said she, Danuru, and Mingma saw two teams leave Camp 4 about 8 p.m. May 19. Brenda had decided to leave around 9 p.m., figuring this would put her on top around 5 a.m. ... http://verascapes.com/?p=78 At 9:15 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday night (10 a.m. on Sunday morning , 5/21 in Nepal) Brenda called from basecamp, having safely gotten off the mountain. She sounded great. She relayed lots of details about the climb, which I will put together and post in the ... http://verascapes.com/?p=77 Dave Hahn reported in his postings on greatoutdoors.com that Brenda, Mingma, and Danuru had made it back to ABC (i.e., Camp 2) on Saturday. That is good news. Brenda will presumably be coming down to basecamp on Sunday morning (Saturday evening Pacific time). One last trip through ... http://verascapes.com/?p=76 Erin Simonson called me and said that Brenda had made it back to Camp 4 at the South Col in the absolutely blazing time of 1 hour 50 minutes, at about 5:00 a.m. Nepal time. Her plan is to continue on down to Camp 2 at this point. ... http://verascapes.com/?p=75 Check out mounteverest.net -- cool website. They put up a great post about Brenda! http://verascapes.com/?p=74 Brenda summited extremely fast, and arrived on top with sherpas Danuru and Mingma around 3 a.m. (I'll provide exact time once I know it). Rather than wait for sunrise, she informed basecamp that she has decided to take some photos in the dark (although apparently a moon is out) and then start the descent. ... http://verascapes.com/?p=73