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Team EVEREST 2019: First Glimpse of Everest

Published Tuesday, 9th April 2019

The team have spent two days acclimatising in Namche Bazaar (3440m). On the first day some of the team went to visit the Sherpa and Everest museums where they learned about the history and culture of the Khumbu Valley, and "watched the coldest slide show on Earth" according to Tom! The rest of the t...

Published Sunday, 7th April 2019

The team were up at 7am for breakfast and ready to set off by 8am. Within minutes the skies opened and the rain came down. The undulating trail became increasingly slippery and muddy and there was a constant flow of yaks and mules carrying their heavy loads up and down the mountain. As the team made...

Team EVEREST 2019: Lukla to Phakding

Published Sunday, 7th April 2019

The team departed Kathmandu at around 2am for the long drive to Manthali Airport. The bus bounced along bumpy roads that winded through the mountains for hours and any hopes of catching up on some sleep soon faded! After a short wait at the tiny airport an excited team boarded their flight to Lukla ...

Team EVEREST 2019: Summit Oxygen

Published Thursday, 4th April 2019

Another warm and muggy morning greeted the team this morning as they gathered outside for a training session with Neil Greenwood from Summit Oxygen. Neil explained in detail how to use and operate the Summit Elite System that the team will be using from Camp 3 and beyond! Everyone had the opportunit...

Published Thursday, 4th April 2019

On Monday April 1st Team Everest set off from their various locations around the UK and arrived at Heathrow Airport where a collection of Patrons, family, friends and sponsors had gathered to wave them off and wish them well. The first flight left London just before 9pm and arrived in Abu Dhabi just...

Published Sunday, 31st March 2019

This time tomorrow Team Everest will be waiting to board their flight ahead of their epic summit attempt! Preparation and training is complete, bags are packed, and the team are ready for the biggest challenge of their lives! Without the help, expert advice, funding and support from so many this pro...

Published Saturday, 16th March 2019

With just 3 weeks remaining until the team board an aeroplane heading to Kathmandu final preparations are now underway! Last week our Sponsor Inmarsat hosted an evening at their unique and contemporary Conference Centre in London where we were absolutely delighted to be joined by so many friends, Sp...

Published Sunday, 3rd March 2019

https://youtu.be/BmX_f41EMjw There are just 4 weeks to go until Team Everest set off to climb the World's highest mountain! Months of hard work, training and preparation is almost at an end as Rich, Joe, Brendan, Scott and Tom count down to the start of this ultimate challenge. We are absolutely del...

Published Tuesday, 19th February 2019

Six weeks from now Team Everest will be on a plane heading for Kathmandu! The team have been training hard for this ultimate challenge and are well-prepared, mentally and physically, to push themselves harder, and higher, than they have ever climbed before! A few weeks ago they spent a couple of day...

Published Sunday, 3rd February 2019

Team Everest recently spent a couple of days on the Mont Blanc Massif preparing mentally, and physically, for the huge challenge that lies ahead of them. In just 8 weeks time Rich, Brendan, Joe, Scott and Tom will set off to summit the highest mountain on Earth! Mont Blanc provided them with perfect...

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