Woody Bailey becomes the youngest person to summit two 8,000 meter peaks in under 24 hours, a nice present for his 23rd birthday tomorrow!
Alpine Ascents Expedition Leader Garrett Madison becomes the first person to have done two 8,000 meter peaks in under 24 hours twice, having also done so in 2011.
Karma Sarke Sherpa and Ang Passang Sherpa become the first Sherpa to do so.
Alpine Ascents Guide Ben Jones and climbers Michael Grigsby and Martin Grieder have also completed the two summits in under 24 hours bringing the total number of climbers to have done so to only nine.
Garrett, Ben, Woody, Michael, Martin, Karma, and Ang Passang can look across the South Col and up the Mt. Everest to the peak they were all standing on less then 23 hours ago. The weather is clear, the winds are calm, and it sounds like another amazing summit day for our climbers!
This picture is looking across the South Col to Mt. Everest. It was taken from the summit of Lhotse by the first person to do two 8,000 meter peaks in under 24 hours, Alpine Ascents Guide and Everest Expedition Leader Michael Horst. This is one of my favorite pictures because it so clearly shows the main climbing route on Mt. Everest; up the Triangular Face to the Balcony then following the ridge to the South Summit, across to the Hillary Step and on to the top of the world...
Our Climbers will be descending the Lhotse Couloir back to Camp 2 where they will meet up with the rest of their Everest team. They will stay the night in Camp 2 tonight before returning to Base Camp the following day. I look forward to seeing them all here soon and congratulating everyone for a job well done!!
Joe Kluberton
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