by Jim Davidson | Dec 10, 2015 | Everest 2015, Uncategorized
On April 27th, the upper camps of Everest were evacuated. Rocks had ceased falling and medical emergencies had subsided since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake had rattled base camp 48 hours earlier. But, the trauma across Nepal was still growing. Lives lost, homes...
by Jim Davidson | Dec 4, 2015 | Everest 2015, Uncategorized
Here’s an exhilarating and scary video of our helicopter escape from Camp 1 on Everest, two days after the massive earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015. Get in and hang on!
by Jim Davidson | Nov 19, 2015 | Everest 2015, Lessons, Uncategorized
Some 24 hours after the massive earthquake in Nepal, we got hit with a huge aftershock. The entire Khumbu Glacier beneath our tent slid back and forth several inches. The 6.5 magnitude tremor rattled the fragile ice we were living on at Everest Camp 1. Just as they...
by Jim Davidson | Nov 12, 2015 | Everest 2015, Lessons, Resilience, Uncategorized
We huddled in our tent at Camp 1 just twenty-five minutes after the earthquake stopped. Because the avalanches had finally ceased pouring off the shoulder of Everest, the noisy powder blasts had quieted. The air was filled with urgent chatter gushing from the radio in...
by Jim Davidson | Nov 5, 2015 | Everest 2015, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Resilience, Uncategorized
The violent earthquake shaking Mount Everest had stopped. Converging avalanches had sputtered out before they could overrun us at Camp 1. Everything went momentarily still. Then, people scrambled back to their tents to check on each other. My tentmate Bart and I were...
by Jim Davidson | Oct 29, 2015 | Everest 2015, Resilience, Uncategorized
When the earthquake hit us at Camp 1 on Mount Everest, the whole Khumbu Glacier heaved up and down. Our tent shot vertically upward eight inches, then it dropped back with a jolt. I felt like I was being tossed about in a life raft on a violent sea. Massive avalanches...
