Daily Dispatches

Title: Giripremi's Lhotse - Everest 2013

5th April -2013 - Namche Bazaar

6th April - Tengboche

7th April - Deboche

8th April, 2013 - Dingboche

19 April- 2013 -It’s time for some severe action!

22 April -2013 -Icefall closed for any further movement!

25 April -2013 - Spring has still not arrived!

26 April -2013 -Back to BaseCamp

29 April - 2013 - All set for camp3

Base Camp to Camp 2

2 May - 2013 -Camp 2 to Camp3 -

11th May - 2013

12 May - 2013 - Base Camp to Camp 2 - The team had narrow escape in Khumbu!

16th May - 2013 -The Everest team to start summit Attempt at 8.30pm

18th May, 2013

Base Camp to Camp 2

Today Giripremi’s Lhotse Everest 2013 team started from basecamp at 3.30am. Crossing the tricky sections at Khumbu icefall they reached Camp1 at 9.00am.

Ganesh negotiating a tricky ladder in the Khumbu icefall as Ashish and Anand are waiting for their turn

Anand on yet another ladder in Khumbu

Giripremi’s Lhotse-Everest 2013 team at Camp1 (from left Bhushan, Anand, Umesh Zirpe, Ganesh, Ashsish)

In the western cwm: Mt. Lhotse in the middle and Mt. Everest seen towards left.

Camp 2 (6500M): The team reached camp2 at 2.00pm

The team setting up tents at camp2

The team will stay tonight at Camp2. Will go for height gain tomorrow and return to camp2 and finally they will shift to camp3 on 2nd May.