Reaching Beyond the Clouds

Finally got back to climbing Mt. Baldy and it was a beautiful day. My friend and mentor, Dr. Beam, went with us. It was his first summit of Baldy. We also met some old friends on the way up and some new friends on the summit.

Great place to meet new friends.

Dr. Beam, me, and Larry.

Yesterday I had lunch with the Orange County Mt. Everest summiteers. It was an amazing feeling: seven people who have climbed to the top of the world. A real “Power Lunch” experience!

Mike, Ryan, John, Denise, Paul, Cindy, Bill (the oldest American to summit Mt. Everest)

Courtesy of Alan Arnette, I have added a map of the route we climbed and the camp locations. Look under Mt. Everest.

Planet Green is showing past Everest: Beyond the Limit shows. If you would like to get an idea of what it is like to climb Everest,  here is a link to the airing dates. So far, these shows are climbing from the North Side. I know that the last series was filmed climbing from the South Side which is the route I used.

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=237.15641.25121.32776.5&page=1