Lorenzo Gariano who runs Botany Bottle and looks after the plants at the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute, went climbing in the Everest region and sent back audio reports. All this was part of Lorenzo's Seven Summits activities: climbing the highest peak on each continent (read more about Lorenzo's Seven Summits quest).
This is the full initial itinerary of the complete expedition. Lorenzo was only involved with the first part (to May 12th although due to bad weather, the summit of Lhotse was not reached until 20th May). Weather conditions, people's acclimatization and fitness levels, and unforeseen events did indeed alter the schedule.
0- Mar 23 - Suggested Arrival Day Kathmandu, (Hotel not covered) 1- Mar 24 - First Day of trip, Kathmandu 2- Mar 25 - Kathmandu 3- Mar 26 - Lukla 9,300 4- Mar 27 - Namche 11,300 5- Mar 28 - Namche 11,300 6- Mar 29 - Tyangboche 7- Mar 30 - Dingboche 8- Mar 31 - Dingboche 9- Apr 1 - Dingboche 10- Apr 2 - Island Peak BC 11- Apr 3 - Island Peak BC 12- Apr 4 - Island Peak BC 13- Apr 5 - Climb Island Peak 14- Apr 6 - Trek Loboche 15- Apr 7 - Trek Everest BC 16- Apr 8 - Everest BC, Puja Day! 17- Apr 9 - Everest BC 18- Apr 10 - Everest BC, Trekking group leaves Everest BC 19- Apr 11 - Carry C1 20- Apr 12 - BC 21- Apr 13 - BC 22- Apr 14 - Up to CI 23- Apr 15 - Hike C2, 8tay C1 24- Apr 16 - CI, Trekking Group flys home 25- Apr 17 - Down to BC 26- Apr 18 - BC 27- Apr 19 - BC 28- Apr 20 - Up to C1 29- Apr 21 - Up to C2 30- Apr 22 - C2 31- Apr 23 - Up to C3, stay C2. C3 Group to C3 and back 32- Apr 24 - Down to BC 33- Apr 25 - BC 34- Apr 26 - BC, C4 group up to C2 35- Apr 27 - BC, C4 group rest C2 36- Apr 28 - Up to C2, C4 group up to C3 37- Apr 29 - C2, C4 group up and down to C4, Stay C3 38- Apr 30 - Up to C3, C4 group extra 39- May 1 - C3, 04 group extra 40- May 2 - Down to C2, C4 .group down to C2 41- May 3 - Down to BC, C4 group down to BC 42- May 4 - BC, C4 group down to Pangboche 43- May 5 - Down to Dingboche, C4 group down to Namche 44- May 6 - Dingboche, C4 group down to Lukta 45- May 7 - Loboche, C4 group fly KTM 46- May 8 - BC, C4 group KTM 47- May 9 - Up to C2, C4 group last day of trip 48- May 10 - C2, extra 49- May 11 - Up to C3, extra 50- May 12 - Up to C4, Suggested flights home C4 group 51- May 13 - Summit 52- May 14 - 53- May 15 - 54- May 16 - 55- May 17 - 56- May 18 - 57- May 19 - 58- May 20 - 59- May 21 - 60- May 22 - 61- May 23 - 62- May 24 - 63- May 25 - 64- May 26 - 65- May 27 - 66- May 28 - 67- May 29 - 68- May 30 - 69- May 31 - 70- June 1 - 71- June 2 - 72- June 3 - 73- June 4 - Fly Home
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