Day 0. Arrived at base camp. Already tired and worn out from the long hike here and the long period of acclimatization. This is gonna be a long challenge. Current progress: [Base Camp] Khumbu Icefall Camp I Western Cwm Camp II Lhotse Face Camp III Camp IV (South Col) The Balcony South Summit Hillary Step The Summit Challenges ahead: 1. Giving up before you started (5 days) 2. Tumbling down the Mountain (15 days) 3. Falling into a Crevasse (30 days) 4. Complete Exhaustion (45 days) 5. Frostbite (60 days) 6. Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) (90 days) 7. High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) (120 days) 8. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) (160 days) 9. Hypothermia (180 days) 10 Heart Attack (200 days) 11. Lost in a Blizzard (240 days) 12. Caught in an Avalanche (300 days)
Day 1 was tough. Unfocused. Unproductive. Managed to get stronger (improved on my lifts at the gym). 20% of the way to Khumbu Falls. Day 2, let's go.
Day 11, June 14, evening, Camp I Relapsed at the end of Day 9... Making it through the first challenge on day 30 will be very difficult now, but not impossible. Either way, tomorrow is another day for the next milestone: Western CWM. Signing out.
Day 16, June 19th evening Progress: Western CWM 1/5 complete At this rate, at least I'll survive the following two challenges: 1. Giving up before you started (5 days) 2. Tumbling down the Mountain (15 days) Constant daily crazy urges and almost relapses. Holding on for dear life. Tomorrow is another day. Let's go.
