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At 6pm (Nepalese time) this evening Sir Ranulph Fiennes was tucking into a meal of chicken, mushroom and pasta, having successfully reached Camp 3 just before lunchtime.
Sir Ranulph said: “There was a little bit of snow as we trudged up the Lhotse Face – but we had no problems at all.”
Sir Ranulph, who has had [...]
Just before lunchtime today (Nepal time) Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Team Marie Curie safely reached Camp 3. The three man climbing team left Camp 2 at 5am and began the long trudge, on fixed lines, up the steep Lhotse Face.
As the team head closer to the death zone, the air gets thinner, the temperature plummets [...]
Team Marie Curie arrived at Camp 2 yesterday after a long, hard slog though the increasingly dangerous Khumbu Icefall.
Sir Ranulph and Team Marie Curie left Base Camp at 4am in a bid to beat the debilitating sun in the Western Cwm. The downside of leaving early is that the cold exacerbates the notorious Khumbu cough.
Today [...]
This morning Sir Ranulph Fiennes, OBE, left Everest Base Camp for the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Team Marie Curie walked in darkness to the base of the Khumbu Icefall for the very last time.
By lunchtime the team had arrived at Camp 2, first port of call. Tomorrow will be a rest day before [...]
This year when Sir Ranulph Fiennes arrived at Everest Base Camp he wasn’t even sure if he would ever be allowed up the mountain – but he came anyway. Now after six weeks of acclimatising; climbing up and down through the ever cracking and shifting Icefall; six weeks of living at an altitude of 5,380m, [...]
Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ bid to climb Everest has been delayed by unpredictable weather. The team were due to leave this morning at dawn but weather reports yesterday from the British Met Office and the Swiss Met Office predicted that there would be heavy snow around May 21. Kenton Cool, expedition leader, took the decision to [...]
Here is a video update of Team Marie Curie’s final acclimatisation trip to Camp 3.
The team are currently waiting at Base Camp ready for their summit bid.
An angina attack 300 metres from the summit of Everest in 2005, a triple heart bypass in 2003, the loss of the fingers on his left hand due to frostbite in 2000 and most recently a prostate cancer diagnosis….
A list of ailments that would be enough to send anyone scurrying for their pipe and slippers; [...]
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.
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.
