http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches.html The Mountaineering Specialist. daily 2 2008-05-25T01:00+01:00 2008-05-25T01:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2008 Jagged Globe Ltd Jagged Globe (mailto:climb@jagged-globe.co.uk) http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#256 Simon Lowe 2008-05-25T01:00+01:00 Whilst we slept, David and Adele and the team crept up the SE Ridge from the South Col to the Top of the World. ... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#255 Mara Larson 2008-05-19T01:00+01:00 Greetings All, It was a dark and starless night as the team set off for the final trip up the mountain at 2 am this morning. Ron, Ian, Graham, Martin, James, Tim and David enjoyed the last... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=28#254 Tom Briggs 2008-05-17T10:33+01:00 Today (Friday), the Denali West Rib team congregated at the Inlet Bed and Breakfast in Anchorage. There are five of us; guides, Chris Kerrick and Constantine Severis and myself (Tom Briggs), Pat and... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#252 Mara Larson, Everest Base Camp 2008-05-17T09:49+01:00 17 May Greetings friends and family, We've got our eyes set on the final push now! Today is our last complete rest day here at base camp as we'll be leaving in the wee morning hours of... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#251 Mara Larson 2008-05-16T01:00+01:00 Dear Friends & Family, This morning the temperature registered 16 inside our tents as the sun hit around 7. A massive improvement on the average temperature earlier in the month and so... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#250 James Balfour 2008-05-14T16:53+01:00 11th May 'Under the gaze of the Milkyway, we left C2 (6,400m) at 3am. The air was still and reasonably warm when on the move. We made slow but steady progress up to the base of the Lhotse face (a... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#249 Mara Larson 2008-05-08T01:00+01:00 We woke to the sounds of radios crackling all across Everest base camp. A team of trekkers arrived midday to celebrate the good news of the opening of the mountain above camp 2 with us [the Chinese... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#247 Mara Larson 2008-05-07T01:00+01:00 The last 24 hours have seen the Jagged Globe team making the most of our rest period here at base camp. Yesterday the leaders and the sherpas sorted our latest arrival of base camp resupplies. This... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#246 Mara Larson 2008-05-01T01:00+01:00 Greetings friends and family, What an interesting few weeks its been up here! Hopefully Simon and Tom have provided some updates to the website keeping you posted of our progress while direct... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#245 Mara Larson 2008-04-29T01:00+01:00 Everest base camp manager, Mara Larson just called in from the mountain... The team are up in camp 2, having spent 2 nights there. This has been their 3rd acclimatisation climb. They plan to... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#244 Mara Larson 2008-04-22T01:00+01:00 We've just had the radio call at 10 am that all the team are settled in at camp 1 for the next two nights and feeling well thus far. Here are some links to various team members' personal... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#243 Mara Larson 2008-04-21T01:00+01:00 All members of the team will be making a second push up to Camp 1 tomorrow (Tuesday), with the aim of spending a couple of nights there, before continuing up to tag camp 2. The Sherpas will carry... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#242 Mara Larson 2008-04-18T01:00+01:00 The team are established in camp 1 at 6,100m. They aim to spend the night there tonight, before a very early morning descent tomorrow back down to base camp. http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#241 Mara Larson 2008-04-13T01:00+01:00 Everest BC 11.00 Nepal time Sunday 13 April. Tea in bed at 04.30 followed by a 05.00 breakfast marked the start of the team's first early start on the mountain. A base camp cold has hit a few... http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=27#239 Graham Kinch 2008-04-11T01:00+01:00 Wed 9th: Today some of us got up early (6am) to trek to Kala Patar (5,646m) to get the typical "postcard" view of Everest and to see Sadhbh (who had joined us for the trek in over the last 3...