Unfortunately, Alan has had to turn around at the Balcony. He was extremely tired and decided to return to Camp 4. He is obviously very disappointed and wants everyone to know that he gave it his best shot. When I spoke to him he was safely back in camp. Alan wishes to thank everyone for their support and good wishes.
Cathy
Cathy is Alan’s wife. She has been feeling a bit under the weather, so first, I am hoping you get to feeling better! Second, we all know Alan is a bit disappointed in this outcome. He was/is climbing for the Cure Alzheimers Fund, trying to raise awareness for Alzheimers and Alzheimers research. My first thought was “damn”, but then again, at least I know he is safe. Good effort Alan! The summit will always be there, but the journey is quite different each time. Memories are Everything!
Mountain Madness Summits!
ExplorersWeb has a small post timed at 10:31pm this evening. The post says that Mountain Madness has made the summit, but no words yet on how many or who they were. Mountain Madness was formally owned by and operated by Christine Boskoff and Scott Fisher. Scott Fisher was involved in those tragic events during the storm of 1996. If you recently watched Storm Over Everest, you should have the background on this situation. Christine Boskoff was involved in an incident last year in China while climbing and died, as well. You can read this POST for the background. I will have to update a bit later, as to the Mountain Madness team and the list of summiters.
Posted 11:36 pm May 20, 2008
_____________________________________________________________________
IMG SUMMITS
EverestNews is reporting that International Mountain Guides has Summited–including Americans Casey Grom and Ari Jonathon Peress, they summited with their climbing Sherpas.
Everstnews also reports that Alpine Ascents is holding back a bit and that Adventure Peaks is currently between Camps 3 and 4. Nice to see a bit of spacing between these teams, as Everest is CROWDED this year.
Update Posted 11:56 pm
___________________________________________________________________________
Peak Freaks
This is coming straight from their latest dispatch:
Dominique is the first Peak Freak to summit, Larry is closing in from where Tim is watching, Scott is in there too, and George is not far from. Tim is in between everyone watching for Farouq and Sultan who are behind them. Tim says everyone is moving slow now as there about 50 people in front of him.
Farouq checks in: Farouq just checked in with sponsor 0845 Nepal Time- he is 450m from the summit and the others are in front of him. Stay tuned!
Check Peak Freaks Current Updates….HERE
Posted 12:02 am May 21, 2008
___________________________________________________________________
Nice Quote:
For the 2 best wrap-ups around on the Everest action head to The Adventurist with Jason Hendricks or the perenial favorite for all things mountain, Explorers Web.
[...] The site is the same, but THE ADDRESS has changed. Please Redirect to the new update by clicking HERE. Then Go to the HOMEPAGE and be sure to UPDATE any BOOKMARKS or previous RSS Feed Subscriptions. [...]
Good try you gave it your best shot.
Pluse i could never climb that high i
would just like give up.
Thanks for your effort
Always nice to get support. I am sure Alan Arnette will appreciate this. Stop by anytime! I will forward along the message and kep everyone updated on Alan as things progress.
Brilliant effort Alan and really glad to know you back are safe and sound though - that is the main priority.