Snowboard Everest Autumn 2003

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.

Dispatch Four: After a few days of rest in Tingri, we bounced around our Land Cruiser until our dusty road finally ended at the Chinese Everest Basecamp. From here, we will be hiking up to our Advanced Basecamp (18,500ft) on the Rongbuk Glacier trailed by a small army of yaks.

We got up early yesterday to see if we could get a glimpse of the

mountain. As the morning mist rose, we stood speechless as the 9000ft north face came into view. It was a lot to comprehend first thing in the morning, without coffee.

Since then, we have been blessed with beautiful weather, allowing us to examine our route on the north face. We have been and will continue to monitor its moods and conditions carefully over the next few weeks to see how it reacts to the different weather patterns. We are all excited to finally be in the mountains.

Dispatches

Pictures copyright Stephen Koch' Autumn Everest 2003 expedition

  Altitude pre-
   acclimatization

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