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, Dawa Lama and Phurba Bote Sherpa. Congratulations all! The winds between the South Summit and the Main Summit were increasing in speed to approximately 80+ […]
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 this, the summit push will consist of 1 long day up and back from C4 in the south col. Bill and Then Dorjee are doing […]
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. Their schedule is: May 9 they plan to climb to Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face After a night in C3, they will move up […]
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 and back. This acclimatization is a critical part of preparing for the demands they will face on the summit bid. Now they have descended back […]
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 move very quickly up to Camp 2 and settled in for a few days to acclimatise to that altitude, 6,450 meters (21,000′). Both Bill and […]
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 back down the valley a ways and up onto a local training peak, Lobuche East. This is a wonderful mountain of 6,050 meters, providing a […]
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 is Bill’s 1st Himalayan expedition. John Furneaux, Team Leader and Mountain Guide. John is from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.This is John’s 3rd Expedition to Everest, […]