Local time: 6 May 17:45
Location: Camp 3
Altitude: 7290m
Weather: Fine in the morning, intermittent snow in the afternoon
Hi its Paul at C3. Just a short update with some pictures and to also upload the Google Earth data. I’d be interested to hear from people what Google Earth looks like especially the route to C3.
As you hopefully have heard in the audio, it was a lovely day for climbing. A little cold in the morning, but then once the sun hit, it was beautiful. Just about to go to bed now – getting cold. Dinner was more salami, cheese & garlic.
I must say that the Jett heated vest worked wonders. The heat comes in your back and seemed to not be on the skin, but deep down. In fact it feels like it’s in your bones and in your spine. I could feel my legs heating up after a while. The great thing is that I could adjust the heat really easily, so it was like being able to take off and add clothes with the press of a button.
I will definitely be using the vest on my summit bid, and hopefully it will allow me to stay a little longer on the summit, assuming that I get there in good time.
Regards,
Paul.
Hey Pauley – the view on google earth is really amazing. Well done all of you for making it to camp 3!
Hi there everyone… You might notice that you cannot double click to enlarge this photo as you can in the previous postings. For some reason today’s photo has decided to behave differently. Not too worry though, the photo is shown in full size in the original posting. What a great photo!
Tim.
hey Paul greetings from the Florida flatland, heheh
1st of all i want to say, what an amazing picture, hey you got great photographers with you there….
the google earth map is great, being able to see where you are exactly, but is funny thought because sometimes it goes back and forth , around and around and i don’t know it it’s a bug of the program or if it’s really you going all over the place… if it’s you, it looks pretty funny….
good luck… we’ll see you at the top with Google earth…
Glad to hear you made it OK to Camp III. I hope you’re sleeping soundly at this moment — or sleeping at all.
For some reason, I haven’t seen your postings since the trekkers started posting along their way up the Khumbu Valley. I wondered why no one reported what you were up to. I discovered you’d been posting all along, so I’ve been catching up this morning.
I’m interested to find out more about the Jett vest. I could use that here in California! (Yeah, I’m a weanie when it comes to cold.) Take care and best of luck to you on your summit bid!
Shanda
Congrats on Camp III (!)
Your GoogleEarth plot looks like you might have been playing a SERIOUS game of tag up there? Or perhaps you were chasing a Yeti?!
Love the idea of the warming vest. How does it work? Chemical? Electrical??
Keep up the good work,
Scott
Hi, I realised this earlier when the guys were climbing Kala Patar.
That time Gary (from iMapping) were so kind to explaine me the system Paul uses has automatically updates. The GoogleEarth trail within a couple of minutes of Paul uploading the days data. This happens around 2:00 AM New Zealand time and it isn’t until Gary gets up in the morning and can have a close look at the data that he can remove the occasional bad GPS reading.
So probably what you see there was some bad reading but I am sure some of them are also true as the climbers were trying to find the best way to climb up there.
Cheers, Mira
Paul:
Congrats on making it to Camp 3! You sound fantastic in your audio update – super healthy and fit – and it was great to hear Meagan and Attila in the background too! Way to go to the three of you! Your photos, descriptions and audio posts make this entire experience so real for me and my students. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Cheers,
Liane
Hello Paul and all
The photo of the Lhotse face put into a little more perspective just how much Everest there is! Congrats on Camp 3. Deb.
Hi Paul,
Well done on getting to Camp 3. We’ve just arrived back from 10 days in Thailand with the kids and Nannas (my mum and Erica both came). We had 32 degree days laying by the pool with a couple of showers here and there (it’s the very start of the rainy season).
You must be hanging for Fiona and Co to arrive given that you haven’t seen her for over a month. Not long to go now. We just got an email about our 15 year high school reunion in August!! I can’t believe how old we are getting!
Good luck on the descent.
Brad, Trace, Madi and Paige.
Hi Paul, Congratulations on making it to Camp 3. It is so great to be able to follow your footsteps on Google Earth. I’ve got everyone here at work hooked! Its also great to be able to see your pics and your ever smiling face in them.
Well done on your efforts.
Rachel B
paul and team.well done . great that the jett vest works so well , it must make climbing so much easier. smart thinking to have your c3 tents higher up! great photo from lohtse. every one sounds in great spirits!…… cheers to you all!! [ken. nz]
So moving, so touching… as I listened your audio update on which you and your teammates were almost running out breath I could feel your exhaustion but also the excitement, challenge and joy came through as well… Almost scary:) I am enthralled. Thank you Paul for sharing these wonderful moments
wishing you a pleasant descend to EBC, Mira
Hey Paul,
This is the best picture I have seen yet from the climb up and just the right angle to get a feel for the steepness of the Lhotse Face!! I await TA’s return to St. John’s to hear all about Everest. Good luck and I will continue to follow you to the top even if TA is no longer on a sumit bid.
Regards
Darrell
Newfoundland
Hi Paul
First off, GREAT photo of you climbing up the Lhotse Face. I am very interested in this Jett heated vest. When you are back from Everest, I would love to get more info from you. How nice not to have to climb in your full down suit to C-3 and beyond! Really great!
Again, so far so good! You’re getting close now…
MC
It can be hard at times for me to tell what is a bad GPS reading and what is Paul zig-zagging his way up. I try to err on leaving the positions in there if I’m not sure.
Considering the mountains on either side of Paul at the moment the data logger is doing a pretty good job. If it was on all the time it would be a lot more accurate but to save battery life and transmission time it only turns on every 4 minutes for long enough to get a fix then goes to sleep again.
It will be interesting to see how it goes once Paul is higher up and there are no mountains blocking the views to the satellites.
Cheers
Gary
Hey Paul,
Awesome photo!! Looks like you could make a very quick descent if you brought a toboggan along for the way back 🙂 Have fun!
Dame
Hey Paul its Kieran
the photos are so cool be careful your getting closer