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Freddie fforde
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Job Done
May 31, 2011 - 10:54 am
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— Geordie wrote this on Friday — I will write a proper report with photos when I get back to Kathmandu and have had time to process my thoughts but as a brief update now… What an unbelievable week. Leaving Base Camp knowing what date we intend to summit is one thing but leaving 8300m [...]
Geordie summits Everest
May 26, 2011 - 3:41 am
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Dear friends, Geordie Stewart has summited Mount Everest. At 2am this morning UK time, 6:45 local time, we heard that Geordie had successfully climbed the North East Ridge route, the original route pioneered by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924. Nobody is prouder of his achievement than his [...]
Geordie’s Progress
May 24, 2011 - 11:53 pm
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Dear friends and supporters, As we go to bed on Tuesday evening, Geordie is currently sleeping at 7,800m on Everest. He will be making the summit attempt in just over 24 hours time. The latest news will be updated in real time at www.twitter.com/Geordie7summits. On Wednesday morning he will move to 8,300m, leaving again at [...]
ABC update
May 22, 2011 - 12:44 pm
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We decided yesterday to take an extra day’s rest at ABC so that the whole team is in the best possible condition for the coming challenge. This means the date we hope to summit is May 26th, 7 – 9am KTM time and the early hours of the morning in the UK. We move to [...]
The time has come
May 19, 2011 - 6:50 pm
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Mario Puzo said that “luck and strength go together. When you get lucky, you have the strength to follow through – you also have the strength to wait for the luck.” Having waited 13 days at Base Camp, our luck has changed. That elusive weather window that has remained beyond our grasp at the moment [...]
Patience is a virtue
May 15, 2011 - 11:20 am
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We are currently at a very intriguing part of this expedition where one’s patience, faith and stress levels are put under pressure on a daily basis. Every morning we check the emails and get the weather forecast. One’s hopes are wrongfully raised before being lowered somewhat when the reality that we are stuck at Base [...]
Now we wait…
May 10, 2011 - 5:09 pm
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I am now back at Base Camp having successfully reached 7500m on my 22nd birthday a few days ago. With Stages I & II complete, we now are in the hands of the gods and are anxiously waiting on that elusive weather window that will allow us to have a crack at the summit [...]
A Birthday to Remember
May 7, 2011 - 3:40 am
Tags: climb, Everest, Knight Frank, mountaineering, St Andrews
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I will write a full report when I get down to Base Camp but I just wanted to say that I successfully reached 7500m up the North Ridge. My tentmate was sadly ill at ABC so his move up to the North Col was delayed a few days. I was tenting by myself so come [...]
Stage II – Underway
May 2, 2011 - 5:11 pm
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Just a quick note to say that we are heading up the mountain again tomorrow morning. Our plan is try and reach 7500m on this acclimatisation trip. So we are moving to ABC in one move tomorrow. Over 20km and 1400m ascent will make it a long day despite being acclimatised to that height. It [...]
Stage 1 – Complete
April 29, 2011 - 3:15 pm
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So last bit of news I gave was just before we headed up to Advanced Base Camp & the North Col. It was the first real test on the expedition and thankfully I came through in good health and am safely back at BC with Stage 1 complete. Just to give you a bit more [...]
