02/05/2007 17:18
Bill Tyler: back from NC and first 2007 summits on Everest (brief variant) The trek up to ABC sucked as usual, and I was glad that my times improved dramatically. SO I felt that maybe there is something to training before a trip. We spent 3 days at ABC, 1 due to weather. I felt fine the whole time, with little headaches and short of breath to really make life interesting. It took a few days for mr to sleep longer than 3 hours. We got snow and wind, but I was fine. Warm as heck to say the least. The north col is quite steep. Talking with the sherpas and other who have been there last ... Details » |