EXPEDITIONS 2011-2012
10.03.2011 -
This is the beginning of the trip of a lifetime. I am leaving on the first of four back to back expeditions culminating in a speed climb of Everest without oxygen in the Spring of 2012. First on the list is a trip to Nepal with my good friend David Gottlieb. Our objective is an unclimbed 22,000 ft peak during October and November. We will fly home December 10th. Next I am heading to Patagonia to climb in the Cerro Torre region for the month of January. In February I will go to Aconcagua to attempt a speed ascent of Aconcagua round trip from the road as training for Everest. Aconcagua is one of the highest peaks that is "in season" leading up to Everest in the spring. I will return home for ten days to regroup for Everest in March and then head to Nepal. I will be acclimatizing prior to Everest on smaller peaks in the Khumbu region. Between April and June I will be carrying loads and establishing camps in preparation for my speed ascent in May.
I will be updating my website weekly for the next eight months until I return home from Everest in June of 2012.
You can follow my progress via weekly dispatches at:
OUTDOOR RESEARCH VERTICULTURE
- LARA KARENA BITENIEKS KELLOGG MEMORIAL CONSERVATION GRANT -
The
Lara-Karena Bitenieks Kellogg Memorial Conservation Grant is set to award another grant, applications due by March 31st 2012. The grant will
help preserve her legacy and the wild places that she so loved.
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