EVEREST SOUTH COL EXPEDITION 2020/ 21 WITH TIM MOSEDALEEXPEDITIONS & COURSESGEARINFO & TIPSSKILLSEVEREST GALLERIESEVEREST VIDEOS Everest Expedition by The South Col Route A fully inclusive KTM to KTM Everest expedition including all accommodation, all meals, a superb 3 week trekking and acclimatisation itinerary, individual Base Camp tents, excellent Base Camp services, all logistics and supplies on the hill, a plentiful supply of oxygen, Western Leader and 1:1 Climbing

Sherpa. Have . . .

EVEREST - NORTH VS SOUTH - EVEREST EXPEDITION Everest South vs North If you are looking to climb Everest there are a whole raft of factors to take in to account – the cost, the style of trip, the company (and their track record), the client / Sherpa ratio for summit day, availability of oxygen high on the hill, availability of spare oxygen and masks . . .

SKILLS REQUIRED

I often get asked about Everest and what level of technical competence is required for a safe ascent. Suffice to say that you need to be extremely competent in certain skills areas and that they should be second nature if you are going to have a better than even chance of summiting. Some people go . . .

NUPTSE 2022

Home; Expeditions & Courses. Expeditions. Everest; Ama Dablam; Lhotse 2022; Nuptse 2022; Island Peak; Everest Base Camp; Courses. Winter Skills; Rock Climbing; Fees EVEREST BASE CAMP TREK 1. For the duration of the trip a 35-45L rucksack will be sufficient. On a daily trekking basis you will be carrying minimal personal equipment (water, camera and film, sun cream, fleece, waterproofs, head torch, hat, gloves etc) and the porters will be carrying the rest of your gear that is in your kitbag. THE MONTANE 'APEX 8,000' DOWN COMBO The Montane APEX 8000 will be on the market from September 2020 onwards. The jacket will cost in the region of £500 and the salopettes around £360. This makes it a very competitively priced option and, as a result, puts it at the No1 spot for my choice of down

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7 ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU NEED TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST 7 attributes required to climb Mount Everest Elsewhere I have covered the reasons why people fail on Everest but this article is about what you need to consider to even contemplate attempting it. There are seven keys elements that people require no matter which side of the mountain they are on, no matter which expedition . . . QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK Questions you should consider asking before you join an expedition on Mount Everest ~~~~~ Elsewhere I have covered the suggested skills you should be equipped with, the reasons why people fail on Everest and what attributes you should have but this article is about what you need to consider asking the company you are thinking of going . . . WHY PEOPLE FAIL ON EVEREST Generalisation No 2: When people die year on year the same agency names keep cropping up. Hardly any clients on Everest die with the big operators (who incidentally have good summit success rates to boot) but people die every year with the cheap Kathmandu outfitters and shoddy companies who provide a crap service at a cheap price.

DOWN SUITS REVIEW

Not All Down Suits Are Equal Once upon a time down suits didn’t exist and now they are considered an essential piece of clothing in the high altitude wardrobe. Don Whillans and Pete Hutchinson designed and tested the first suits way back in the 50s – Don, a plumber by trade, wanted a boiler suit . . . EVEREST SOUTH COL EXPEDITION 2020/ 21 WITH TIM MOSEDALEEXPEDITIONS & COURSESGEARINFO & TIPSSKILLSEVEREST GALLERIESEVEREST VIDEOS Everest Expedition by The South Col Route A fully inclusive KTM to KTM Everest expedition including all accommodation, all meals, a superb 3 week trekking and acclimatisation itinerary, individual Base Camp tents, excellent Base Camp services, all logistics and supplies on the hill, a plentiful supply of oxygen, Western Leader and 1:1 Climbing

Sherpa. Have . . .

EVEREST - NORTH VS SOUTH - EVEREST EXPEDITION Everest South vs North If you are looking to climb Everest there are a whole raft of factors to take in to account – the cost, the style of trip, the company (and their track record), the client / Sherpa ratio for summit day, availability of oxygen high on the hill, availability of spare oxygen and masks . . .

SKILLS REQUIRED

I often get asked about Everest and what level of technical competence is required for a safe ascent. Suffice to say that you need to be extremely competent in certain skills areas and that they should be second nature if you are going to have a better than even chance of summiting. Some people go . . .

NUPTSE 2022

Home; Expeditions & Courses. Expeditions. Everest; Ama Dablam; Lhotse 2022; Nuptse 2022; Island Peak; Everest Base Camp; Courses. Winter Skills; Rock Climbing; Fees EVEREST BASE CAMP TREK 1. For the duration of the trip a 35-45L rucksack will be sufficient. On a daily trekking basis you will be carrying minimal personal equipment (water, camera and film, sun cream, fleece, waterproofs, head torch, hat, gloves etc) and the porters will be carrying the rest of your gear that is in your kitbag. THE MONTANE 'APEX 8,000' DOWN COMBO The Montane APEX 8000 will be on the market from September 2020 onwards. The jacket will cost in the region of £500 and the salopettes around £360. This makes it a very competitively priced option and, as a result, puts it at the No1 spot for my choice of down

suits.

7 ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU NEED TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST 7 attributes required to climb Mount Everest Elsewhere I have covered the reasons why people fail on Everest but this article is about what you need to consider to even contemplate attempting it. There are seven keys elements that people require no matter which side of the mountain they are on, no matter which expedition . . . QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK Questions you should consider asking before you join an expedition on Mount Everest ~~~~~ Elsewhere I have covered the suggested skills you should be equipped with, the reasons why people fail on Everest and what attributes you should have but this article is about what you need to consider asking the company you are thinking of going . . . WHY PEOPLE FAIL ON EVEREST Generalisation No 2: When people die year on year the same agency names keep cropping up. Hardly any clients on Everest die with the big operators (who incidentally have good summit success rates to boot) but people die every year with the cheap Kathmandu outfitters and shoddy companies who provide a crap service at a cheap price.

DOWN SUITS REVIEW

Not All Down Suits Are Equal Once upon a time down suits didn’t exist and now they are considered an essential piece of clothing in the high altitude wardrobe. Don Whillans and Pete Hutchinson designed and tested the first suits way back in the 50s – Don, a plumber by trade, wanted a boiler suit . . . LHOTSE - EVEREST EXPEDITION Climb Lhotse 2022 A fully inclusive KTM to KTM Lhotse expedition including all accommodation, all meals, a superb 3 week trekking and acclimatisation itinerary, individual Base Camp tents, excellent Base Camp services, all logistics and supplies on the hill, a plentiful supply of oxygen, Western Leader and 1:1 Climbing Sherpa from Camp 3

to the . . .

EVEREST KIT LIST

Everest Kit and Equipment Documentation Passport (must be valid for 6 months after trip) Copy of the information pages of your passport (pdf / scan / digital photo to be sent in advance) 4 x passport photographs (please bring with you) Nepalese Visa –

this can be . . .

EVEREST VIDEOS

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LHOTSE 2022

Climb Lhotse in 2022 “Climb Lhotse for only US$25,750” This is about as fully inclusive a trip you can get. My belief is that when you are spending this amount of money there should not be any hidden extras or anything that is an additional buy in. What is included? Peak fees Liaison Officer Base . . . ALTITUDE - EVEREST EXPEDITION As you go to even moderate altitudes the air gets ‘thinner’. At around 5,500 metres there is half the amount of air that you would find at sea level. Despite there being less air, what air there is is still made up of around 21% of Oxygen, 75% Nitrogen and 3% Carbon Dioxide (plus a . . .

FIXED ROPES

Everest South Col Route Using ‘Fixed Ropes’ – an essential guide. Everest summit day – Which rope do you clip? Whether you love or loathe the idea, a lot of the big mountains usually have sections of what we call fixed ropes put in place to allow expedition members, Climbing Sherpas and High Altitude Porters . . .

USING OXYGEN

Everest (and, indeed, other 8,000ers) Using Oxygen A human can survive for weeks without food and only days without water but we can merely survive for minutes without oxygen. As you go to even moderate altitudes the air gets ‘thinner’. At around 5,500 metres there is half the amount of air that you would find . . . HOW TO AVOID GETTING COLD HANDS Everest (and other Mountains) How to stop getting cold hands (and feet) and how to manage yourself along the way. Contrary to popular belief frostbite is not just about black, necrotic fingers and toes. It usually starts with a gradual loss of feeling and possible whiteness of the skin but at this stage it . . . WHY PEOPLE FAIL ON EVEREST Generalisation No 2: When people die year on year the same agency names keep cropping up. Hardly any clients on Everest die with the big operators (who incidentally have good summit success rates to boot) but people die every year with the cheap Kathmandu outfitters and shoddy companies who provide a crap service at a cheap price. KHUMBU ICEFALL PICTURES Everest Expedition. Climb Everest with 7 times Everest summiteer Tim

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EVEREST EXPEDITION

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BY THE SOUTH COL ROUTE A fully inclusive KTM to KTM Everest expedition including all accommodation, all meals, a superb 3 week trekking and acclimatisation

itinerary

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individual Base Camp tents, excellent Base Camp services, all logistics and supplies on the hill, a plentiful supply of oxygen, Western Leader and 1:1 Climbing Sherpa. Have a look at the full list of inclusions With over 50 expeditions under his belt, including 9 on Everest and 17 on Ama Dablam, you can rest assured you are in experienced hands. Tim Mosedale has summited Everest 6 times including making successful ascents from both the North and South sides of the mountain as well as making a double summit in one season in 2013. Have a look at the

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find out why you should consider coming along on one of the best Everest expeditions with Tim. It’s a lot of money to end up on the wrong side of the mountain or with the wrong group, or worse still, without enough oxygen.

For only US$45,500

(On the South side)

Compare south vs north A CHANCE TO JOIN AN EVEREST EXPEDITION ON THE SOUTH COL ROUTE AT INCREDIBLE VALUE. THIS IS A FULLY INCLUSIVE, FULLY SUPPORTED EVEREST EXPEDITION WITH AMPLE CLIMBING SHERPAS TO ENSURE SUITABLE RATIOS ON THE MOUNTAIN. ALSO INCLUDED IS A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF OXYGEN AND A 1:1 CLIMBING SHERPA RATIO – IN PARTICULAR YOU WILL HAVE CLIMBING SHERPA ASSISTANCE FROM CAMP 2 TO C3 AND FROM C3 TO THE SOUTH COL AND THEN A VERY STRICT 1:1 RATIO ALL THE WAY TO THE SUMMIT AND BACK TO BASE CAMP. AND JUST BECAUSE IT’S CHEAPER THAN ELSEWHERE DOESN’T MEAN THAT CORNERS HAVE BEEN CUT OR SAFETY COMPROMISED. INDEED, WITH MORE INCLUSIONS THAN OTHER EXPEDITIONS, ARGUABLY THIS IS FAR FAR BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY. READ ON …. At the top of The Geneva Spur with Everest in the background A FULLY SUPPORTED, FULLY INCLUSIVE, EXPEDITION. Tim and the Climbing Sherpas will be operating on the hill throughout the duration of the trip. The Climbing Sherpas will be very busy getting camps established and stocked with all the necessary food, gas, supplies as well as stocking the higher camps with oxygen – it is later in the trip that they will then be assigned to their guiding

duties.

The Climbing Sherpas get directly involved on a 1:1 basis from Camp 2 onwards where they will carry your sleeping bag to C3 and then continue with you to The South Col the next day. They will then accompany you all the way to the summit of Everest and back. They will then escort you down to C2 and continue with you all the way to Everest Base Camp the next day. During the summit phase it is also not unusual for another spare Climbing Sherpa to deliver a set of spare oxygen bottles to The Balcony to cover unforeseen circumstances (better to have it and not need it …). This is undoubtedly a very good, safe and slick operation with a very good ratio of very high quality experienced Climbing Sherpas for the summit bid. Indeed the Climbing Sherpas are some of the strongest on the hill and have a very respectable number of Everest ascents ranging from 4 or 5 summits to double figures. Our Base Camp and mountain services will be provided by Kame Nuru Sherpa who I have worked with for 13 years now. He runs a tight ship, has an excellent cook crew, some of the best Climbing Sherpas on the hill and they have a very high success rate of getting clients to the top (over 85% success rate and usually more). And this is the percentage from the whole team, not skewed figures by stating the percentage from, say, The South Col, which sometimes is quoted. Tim will be spending time with the group for the duration of the trip, from the 3 week trek in where we go over 2 high passes and ascend an acclimatisation peak, as well as time at Everest Base Camp and guiding high on the mountain (see the acclimatisation schedule for more information). All group members will be fully trained in the appropriate techniques required to negotiate any fixed ropes using jumars, belay devices and prussiks for going up and down the mountain and we will also spend time looking at how to negotiate up, down and across ladders. All members will also be made aware of how to use the oxygen systems and we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of various flow rates and protocols. We will be using SummitOxygen masks – which are state of the art and the best you can get. We also have the latest in regulators, which far exceed the quality of the traditional Poisk

ones.

The other life saver is that everyone will be issued an individual set of ultra high altitude medication, know what it is for and, most importantly, know how to use it. We will discuss the pros and cons of how to administer medication, and everyone will be well versed in how to draw up and administer an injection. When you bear in mind that these drugs are life savers, and that they are given to allow recovery down the mountain rather than to progress further, it is vitally important that this subject matter be taken seriously. There have been several cases in the last few years where, if an injection had been available and had been given correctly, lives would undoubtedly have been saved. There is no point having only one set of drugs amongst the group as the person with the medication may not be readily available. And there is more to giving an injection that you might assume – for instance, if you stab someone through their jacket you may plug the hole with a feather. You will know not only what medication we have, and what it is for and when to use it, but you will also be shown how to draw up and give an injection. It could be an absolute life saver. We are only one of a few teams to adopt this approach. Personally I think it’s highly irresponsible to be on the mountain without not only the knowledge but also the ability to do something about it as well. And because we all have a mini set of ultra high altitude medication then we aren’t faced with the situation that once the only set has gone then it’s all gone. Briefings will be held every day at Everest Base Camp to update everyone about progress on the mountain, find out about people’s health and to ensure that the appropriate stores and equipment are at the relevant places on the mountain. For a comprehensive list of what is included (pretty much everything you can probably think of and more) please look at the appropriate

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------------------------- AT US$45,500 ON THE EVEREST SOUTH COL ROUTE, THIS ONE OF THE BEST VALUE EVEREST EXPEDITIONS AROUND. So why is it cheaper compared to some of the prices you may have seen? Well as you are probably already aware I don’t have an office, administrative staff, networked computers, a company car or a brochure and so my overheads are much lower. But please rest assured that I am extremely professional about what I do and I endeavour to provide as good a service, if not better, as many of the other expedition companies. If you require a testimonial from clients from previous expeditions please have a look at their feedback

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you want to speak to them directly please contact me and I will put

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SO WHO IS IT FOR?

I am trying to recruit people who I think have the right approach and demeanor and have the kind of drive, motivation and ambition to achieve a summit attempt on Everest. That is then tempered with trying to recruit a team of people who all have the right characteristics and personalities to form a strong, safe and dynamic team. If you would like to join them I’m afraid that it won’t be as simple a just signing a cheque. I will need to have a comprehensive mountaineering cv from you, I will definitely need to chat to you and preferrably we will meet as well. I’ll make it as comfortable and as fun as possible for the team at Everest Base Camp – it’s a harsh and arduous environment and it’s tough enough already without having people who don’t get along so well. More so the higher we go. I suppose that it would be fair for me to say that I am trying to give you the opportunity to come along on the mountain in a similar style to how I did it in 2005 – a bunch of mates on a BIG mountain rather than a group of disparate clients. This certainly worked for the teams in 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017 and we had a great trip each time with excellent success rates. (I was also there in 2014 and 2015 as well but sadly we came away empty handed due to circumstance well beyond

our control).

As you may be aware I try and make sure that my trips are fun and safe as well as being comfortable and relaxed when having down time – having said that it is a very serious business and we aren’t there on a jolly. But at least when we are having some down time let’s make sure that it is enjoyable. When on the hill you won’t drink enough, eat enough or sleep enough so it’s very important that we enjoy Base Camp and the extra luxuries that are provided. I will encourage people to carry less on Everest than I usually do on my Ama Dablam trips. Ama Dablam is a much lower and shorter expedition and I try and give people a sense of ownership of the trip. I think if you do a bit of humping and dumping there is a greater reward and sense of achievement at the end. On Everest, however, there will be less for you to carry because of the sheer size of the mountain, the elevations that you will be operating at and the longevity of the trip. You will still have ownership of the trip in other ways, I just don’t want to jeopardise your health and well being by making it any harder than it already is. Please remember, though, just because you apply doesn’t mean that you will be accepted (why not?

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Approaching the South Summit on Mt Everest

So…

Experience at moderate altitude is preferred but not necessarily essential – it is appreciated that not everyone has the time to build up a huge mountaineering CV. The main prerequisites required for an Everest expedition are :- * It is essential that you are absolutely competent in the use of crampons and ice axe before you come on the trip * You are an independent climber and mountaineer in your own right and can make safe and learned decisions about the skills required for certain situations (for instance, you know when and how to abseil; you don’t need telling that it is getting dark and that it would be a good idea to get your headtorch on; you generally remember to apply suncream before it is required; you appreciate that water is more important than food and food more important than sleep when you first arrive at a camp – more on these and other issues to follow during discussions on the trek in) * You will turn around – even if you are only 30 minutes from the summit of Everest – if the decision is made for you * I’ll just repeat that one. You will turn around – even if you are only 30 minutes from the summit of Everest – if the decision is

made for you

Apart from that I am looking to appeal to those of you out there who want to climb the highest that there is. It’s a special  achievement. It won’t make you a special person but it’s an achievement that will live with you for the rest of your

life.

A spectacular mountain vista from near Mt Everest summit.

AND WHAT IS NEXT?

If you are at all interested and wish to discuss this further then please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can e mail on tim@everestexpedition.co.uk or telephone on 017687 71050 or 07980 521079 There are ample further notes for perusal so please have a look around the site and don’t hesitate to get in touch for further information

if you require it.

If you have friends who would like to accompany you on the trek in then please refer them to the Everest Base Camp Trek

page.

I look forward to hearing from you and hope that you will come and join us for your trip of a lifetime. In the meantime ‘Live the Dream’ Yours – Tim Mosedale

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