tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79081133427408280642024-03-16T14:52:57.724-04:00Climbing, swimming, and sailing on purposeIn April 2014, I attempted to climb Mt. Everest before an avalanche in the icefall claimed the lives of 18 Sherpa. A year later (May 2015), I returned to Mt. Everest only to witness a 7.8 earthquake while at camp 1. I am preparing to climb again in April 2018 but this blog is dedicated to my purposeful pursuits. Please be sure to check out the charities that I support and follow me on twitter (@pem725) or instagram (pem725).pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-24773661092576224642018-06-28T11:18:00.000-04:002018-06-28T11:18:43.762-04:00Post Everest Recap: Part #3 (of 3) - The AftermathThe final part of this 3-part series recapping my Everest climb culminates in drama. Below, I recount that drama in as much detail as I had available either by first-hand account (from my own eyes) or from other's first-hand accounts. Errors in the details are mine. I verified all pieces from those who directly observed the events. The purpose of me retelling them here is pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-7915293633544255172018-06-13T12:56:00.003-04:002018-06-13T12:56:40.564-04:00Post Everest Recap: Part #2 (of 3) - The Summit Push
The second part of a three part summary contains all the information worthy of print and public consumption. If you missed Part 1, check it out before reading further.
The Summit Push
After nearly a month waiting, walking, and wondering about our summit window, the day finally arrived when we would head up. That day? May 13th. Up to this point, we had only venturedpem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-37104552444649527552018-06-05T14:35:00.000-04:002018-06-05T14:35:15.216-04:00Post Everest Recap: Part #1 (of 3) - The "Approach"Over the next few days, I plan to provide a complete update of my climb along with pictures and some commentary. The first part covers what I call the approach or rather what lead up to summit day; the second part I intend to have a complete recount of summit day; and finally the third part has a potpourri of material that addresses my post-climb thoughts, some drama, and a fair bit of pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-26118380876840094172018-05-22T22:46:00.001-04:002018-05-22T22:46:36.417-04:00Leaving Chinese Basecamp...Everest expedition almost over. Been a great time. Full update coming when I get to Kathmandu. Thanks for following....pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-15839825519075975152018-05-20T21:42:00.001-04:002018-05-20T21:42:11.424-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! off 2 cbc Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-74824341199162821472018-05-19T23:20:00.001-04:002018-05-19T23:20:05.586-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightFinished the full roundtrip! Im exhausted View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=942d227b-7306-4de9-abf3-70393a52be87&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032829 Lon 86.942453 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you using the inReach two-way pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-86835125046967693042018-05-19T20:38:00.001-04:002018-05-19T20:38:17.620-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! abc Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-38220615120180985052018-05-18T10:42:00.001-04:002018-05-18T10:42:20.631-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightSummit push starts in about 30 mins View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=c1378463-35b4-4b8e-b7b2-ab385e4570a2&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 27.999333 Lon 86.931982 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you using the inReach two-way satellite pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-44505197579683553632018-05-18T10:41:00.001-04:002018-05-18T10:41:11.067-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-91187187341242467082018-05-18T02:44:00.001-04:002018-05-18T02:44:23.404-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightMade it to c3. We can see the summit pyramid! Brendan and I feel great. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=756f83b3-b307-456c-ac3f-07da26a106f5&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 27.999269 Lon 86.932003 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-18102697889990196732018-05-17T22:15:00.001-04:002018-05-17T22:15:35.813-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! off to c3! Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-87643960006259849732018-05-17T04:27:00.001-04:002018-05-17T04:27:33.031-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightMade it to c2 on half a liter per minute. Im pretty beat. More later. . . . View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=3f386ee1-8377-435d-b9a1-838a9570bce5&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.005835 Lon 86.930351 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-79286430351273362592018-05-16T21:56:00.001-04:002018-05-16T21:56:07.748-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! off to c2 Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-63065831186928016182018-05-16T04:07:00.001-04:002018-05-16T04:07:06.801-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! made it to nc! Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-17281455598973245052018-05-15T23:30:00.001-04:002018-05-15T23:30:59.513-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! leaving crampon point Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-17819327758835242462018-05-15T21:52:00.001-04:002018-05-15T21:52:57.832-04:00Patrick McKnight is sharing their locationPatrick McKnight is sharing their location at the MapShare website: https://share.garmin.com/PEMEverest2018 I'm starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! off to the north col! Do not reply directly to this message. To learn more about MapShare and the inReach two-way satellite communicator, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach. pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-50894855705398058642018-05-15T00:50:00.001-04:002018-05-15T00:50:59.599-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightMany people headed toward camp 3 right now. We can see probably as many as 40 in a row between c2 and c3. Glad we are going later. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=38c06714-545a-4298-b62f-34537df85e66&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032646 Lon 86.942282 Do not pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-23841771819991854322018-05-15T00:41:00.001-04:002018-05-15T00:41:53.072-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightThe icefall is on the south side (Nepal) but I suspect they store them in Gorak Shep – a 45 min stroll from EBC. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=1973283b-456f-4552-aeea-82eb775ab91b&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032646 Lon 86.942282 Do not reply directly pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-46540418725363113072018-05-14T20:53:00.001-04:002018-05-14T20:53:02.909-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightAhem....on May 19th we summit. That will be during the evening of the 18th for those in the US. Sorry for the confusion. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=702d3d53-e261-464c-9c16-c3176aa80e9b&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032711 Lon 86.942368 Do not reply pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-67121254236369396042018-05-14T20:51:00.001-04:002018-05-14T20:51:18.550-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightRopes fixed to the summit! Expect our summit to be between 7pm and 10pm EDT. Will send tracking along the way up and on the summit. Woohoo! View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=095a468f-7a1d-40c0-9d93-11a520db6586&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032711 Lon 86.942368pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-3745325462138196332018-05-14T20:43:00.001-04:002018-05-14T20:43:47.884-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightPhil and Aunt Theresa, thanks for following and posting. The support means so much and gives me and my teammates the extra boost when things look grim. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=23e9118f-0687-4992-afc5-dab9453ec531&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032711 Lonpem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-19936864213046911572018-05-14T10:10:00.001-04:002018-05-14T10:10:40.431-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightPlease send questions. I might be a little busy climbing over the next few days but I will answer your questions when I have a chance. Thanks everyone. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=56899480-0037-4c2e-b372-3e9e5ecb80ec&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032829 pem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-12377982048939208082018-05-14T10:08:00.001-04:002018-05-14T10:08:41.862-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightThanks Oakwood class. Coming to you live from Everest Advanced Basecamp on the Tibet side. Thanks for the support. View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=c7a1558c-1336-40c4-9922-2b13d4d579aa&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032829 Lon 86.942174 Do not reply directly topem725http://www.blogger.com/profile/06055978225899887657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908113342740828064.post-72145587183360351092018-05-14T01:00:00.001-04:002018-05-14T01:00:38.867-04:00inReach message from Patrick McKnightMade it to ABC! View the location or send a reply to Patrick McKnight: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=9b0301bf-41d5-4328-bc4d-0be75eb14a54&adr=pem7251.fromeverest%40blogger.com Patrick McKnight sent this message from: Lat 28.032689 Lon 86.942368 Do not reply directly to this message. 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