At 6:44 am, local Nepal time on May 12, Canada West Mountain School Team Climber Bill Borger stood on the South Summit of Mt Everest, along with Then Dorjee Sherpa, […]
CWMS Team heads to the summit of Mt. Everest!
Our team has arrived safely to the South Col (Camp 4) after a 6 hour climb up the Lhotse Face from C3. Then Dorjee Sherpa, Dawa Finjo Lama, Phurbha Bhote […]
Moving to Camp 4
Bill and Then Dorjee Sherpa are heading up from C3 to C4 today. This is the highest camp on the Southeast Ridge route of Mt Everest at 7,950 meters. After […]
Summit bid underway!
The Team is moving up the mountain today on their summit bid! John and Bill have left Base Camp and are heading up to Camp 2 for today, May 8. […]
Camp 3
April 30 saw John and Bill back up to Camp 2 for a 2nd round of acclimatization. They spent 4 days there, with one day a climb up to C3 […]
Climb to Camp 2
John and Bill have had a chance to get up to Camp 2, now that their Puja ceremony has been completed on April 17. On April 22 they managed to […]
Training climb on Lobuche
John and Bill had a great time on the approach into Base Camp, no issues with health or safety.They arrived on April 8th. After a couple of days they headed […]
Mount Everest 2011 Expedition underway!
Our Mt Everest team for 2011: Bill Borger, team Climber; Bill is from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Bill has climbed extensively in North and South America, as well as Europe. This […]
About Mt Logan – 2010
Join us on this journey to Canada’s highest peak, Mt. Logan at 5,959 meters. Canada West Mountain School has been leading mountaineering expeditions up the Kings Trench for over 15 […]
Everest 2010
Mount Everest, South Side – Spring, 2010 Join Canada West Mountain School on one of our small-group expeditions to climb Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. Our teams […]
Elbrus 2010 planning
Our Elbrus trip departure of June 18th is rapidly approaching! We have a solid team prepared, I am looking forward to meeting everyone in Moscow next month. We will continue […]
Team summits on Mt Logan, May 26th, 2010
The CWMS team has climbed to the summit of Mount Logan on May 26th. Weather cooperated enough, though it was very cold and there was some wind. Everyone is back […]
Logan Expedition starts – May 8th, 2010
Our Mount Logan – Kings Trench expedition met in Whitehorse on May 8th and were met with clear skies and a great weather forecast. Team Members: Rich Prohaska – Lead […]
May 31, 2010 – Team is back in Kathmandu
The team has finally completed their journey back in Kathmandu. Everyone is safely back and enjoying the change of scenery! This climb has been a huge achievement for everyone of […]
May 25th, 2010 – Summit Success!
The Canada West Mountain School team has reached the summit of Mount Everest! Rob Hill has reached the South Summit at 9 am on May 25th, Local Nepal time, while […]
May 23rd Update from Camp 4
John just called in at 10 pm (Everest time) to confirm that they have decided to hold off on the summit bid due to deteriorating weather. A few small teams […]
May 23rd – Team is in the South col
t is now 10:00 am, May 23rd and John has just called in to let us know he and Darrel are off the Lhotse Face and ascending the Geneva Spur […]
May 22nd Update
ohn Furneaux just called in to say that he and Darrel made excellent time from C2 to C3, they are relaxing in their tents at Camp 3 on the Lhotse […]