Sir Ranulph at Camp 3 talking about oxygen
In this video, filmed when Team Marie Curie were at Camp 3, the team are talking about Sir Ranulph’s hugely improved performance brought on by his use of oxygen.
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Kenton Cool describes the summit route - part 2
This video is part 2 of Kenton Cool’s description of the route that Team Marie Curie will take when they make the attempt to reach the summit.
For the first part of the interview please watch part 1 in the previous news post.
Kenton Cool describes the summit route - part 1
In this video, which was filmed when Team Marie Curie were previously at Camp 2, Kenton Cool describes the route that the team will take when they make the attempt to reach the summit.
You can see in the distance the height of the climb and Kenton explains how you can even see last year’s climbers’ [...]
Sir Ranulph on the re-opening of Everest
Following the re-opening of Everest after the Chinese summit with the Olympic torch, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Team Marie Curie are hoping to set off for the final part of their acclimatisation this weekend. They will ascend to Camp 3 and come back down to Base Camp, and will then wait their turn to set [...]
First night at Camp 2
By lunchtime today Team Marie Curie had made it into Camp 2. They set off this morning from Camp 1 and walked up through the Western Cwm in the heat to Camp 2.
This will be the first night for the team at Camp 2. With a cook and a mess tent, Camp 2 (often also [...]
Kenton Cool on the Camp 1 trek
Team Marie Curie set off to Camp 1 yesterday in the next phase of the acclimatisation process.
In this video post, Kenton Cool talks about this part of the attempt to summit Everest.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes heads for Base Camp
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has begun the arduous trek to Everest Base Camp, where he will make an attempt on the summit that previously defeated him.
The journey began with a forty minute flight on an 18 seat twin-propeller plane from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lukla, the market town at an elevation of 2,840m, where the ten day [...]
The adventure begins
Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE will today (Wednesday April 2) set off for the first leg of his journey as he prepares to climb Mount Everest for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Sir Ranulph and expedition guide Kenton Cool will set off from London this morning where they will fly to Kathmandu. From there the team will [...]
Kenton Cool on Everest
“It’s like coming home,” says mountain guide Kenton Cool of Everest Base Camp. If successful this will be Kenton’s sixth time on the summit of the worlds greatest mountain.
“Everest is one of the biggest expeditions around, it’s a ten-week trip, a massive duration and predominantly a lot of that is trying to get all the [...]
Kenton Cool on Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Mountain guide Kenton Cool first met Sir Ranulph Fiennes whilst working as a guide in Switzerland three years ago. Kenton said: “I went to a meet and greet evening and everybody was sitting round the table introducing themselves, the guy at the end of the table said, ‘my name’s Ran,’ – then the penny dropped; [...]
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