On Saturday October 4, I was privileged to have an opportunity to give a sermon at Orangevale Seventh Day Adventist Church. My topic was “Life…
South Side Wang Jing, a 41 year old Chinese mountaineer, reached the summit of Everest from the Nepal (south) side on Friday, May 23,…
Finally arrived in Kathmandu this morning (Saturday). Spent the last two days waiting to fly out of Lukla, Flights kept getting cancelled because of high…
BREAKING EVEREST NEWS: My expedition was cancelled today, Wednesday, 4/23/2014, by International Mountain Guides (IMG) leadership. Apparently there is a faction of Sherpa that are threatening violence if…
I am OK and doing well here at this elevation, almost 18,000 ft. Since the accident on Friday my priorities have completely shifted away from climbing this mountain or setting…
In a phone interview Monday with Steve Large, “I have too much to lose. I want to be there to see my grandkids grow up,…
As of this morning the final count is 13 confirmed dead and 3 buried and unrecoverable for a total of 16 dead Sherpa. Three more…
Just in, “This morning at 6:00 AM local time a big serac (ice chunk) came down in the icefall killing 15 or 16 Sherpa and seriously…
The number of men moving supplies up Mt Everest is incredible! As I follow the events as they’re executed on the mountain, I realize they…
After two weeks without internet I finally connected here in Lobuche. Aaron and I just left Lobuche Base Camp this morning and are on our…