
Stephen
Koch and Jimmy Chin will attempt to snowboard Everest this Autumn. They plan to
climb Everest via the Hornbein route and then descend via the Hornbein. They will travel from Kathmandu to Lhasa then to Everest base camp on
the North (Chinese). Eric Henderson is the base
camp manager. More on this expedition in the coming
weeks...
Latest News: Dispatch: On the North Face, We stood
breathless after hacking out small platforms to stand on in the steep snow. We
were several thousand feet up the north face. The sun was lighting up the east
faces of the surrounding peaks as we sank our axes into buried ice for
anchors.
Check here for the rest of the dispatch.

Stephen, Eric and Jimmy
at the Temple
Pictures copyright Stephen Koch' Autumn
Everest 2003 expedition
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