Mountaineering
My youngest brother is off to climb the Mount Everest. He is not a man of many words, but hopes to post video clips worth thousands at his team’s website.
My youngest brother is off to climb the Mount Everest. He is not a man of many words, but hopes to post video clips worth thousands at his team’s website.
[…] Harry Kikstra, bossman of the Mount Everest expedition that my brother is part of, has taken some great pictures of the daily life of Taschi Dzom, the village at a mere 4000 meters above sea level that the group has been using the past four days for acclimatization. My brother is the guy waving and carrying the video camera. […]
[…] The Mount Everest expedition that my brother is part of has lost it’s reason for being; on his summit attempt, 41-year old experienced German climber Thomas Weber died suddenly of an unknown cause. While descending Step 2, he looked at his Sherpa, said “I am dying”, and dropped down. […]