ipadio: Matthew’s Everest Dispatch – 11th phonecast
Posted on: 12/05/2012 /
Categories: Everest, Expeditions
Category : Everest
Hi this is Matthew and this is a message for Yell, my Everest 12 Expedition Sponsors. I met many people at the Yell Offices in Reading and I shall try and remember names whilst at altitude!! Mike, Kimberley, Julie, Christian, Sue, Jon, Demelza, Jin and Sandra. I hope I have remembered everyone but forgive me
Sorry but it has been a bit of a struggle to get through an update due to poor reception since my last phone cast on 30th April. So I am able to update at 9.00 pm sitting snuggle in my tent. Since 30th April I am pleased to say I have been all the way
Surreal it certainly is as I am talking with Matthew on the morning of his birthday from Everest Base Camp. But this is by no means an unexpected venue to be celebrating Matthews birthday. We both recall his 21st birthday when I thought a trip up Jacks Rake at Langdale in the Lake District would
On 24 April I left Base Camp for our next climb up with Rob and Becky. My alarm did not work on the morning so the planned 4.30 departure was somewhat delayed. Eventually I was woken up by Rob our Expedition Leader and once I collected all the gear together which I needed for the
I am writing this on the eve of my climb to Camp 1 and Camp 2 in the relative luxury of Everest Base Camp. As I have never been to the higher camps before I can only use loosely the word luxury at this stage as I am led to believe there are no comparable
Sunday morning and I am woken up at 5.00 am with an early morning call from none other than a herd of Yaks!! Yep Matthew decides to put these lovely animals on so I can hear their neck bells. This was in an effort to feel me the Nepalese mountain atmosphere so far removed from
© Matthew Thornton
