EVEREST EXPEDITION 2005
Audio archive
Click links to hear previous reports from Gavin's Everest Expedition in 2005 when he climbed the SE Ridge alone... all are mp3 files and nicely compressed so should download pretty quickly even on a slow Internet connection.
21st May
- Birthday message from Base Camp
- Kili charity trek this August
20th May
- Blustery at Gorak Shep
17th May
- The waiting continues
10th May
- Preparations for Camp 3 carry
7th May
- Icefall whiteout trek
6th May
- Gav at avalanche site at camp 1
5th May
- Hydroelectric update
- Air of bad luck around
- Final carry preps
- Avalanche tale unfolds
4th May
- Death on Mt Everest
30th April
- All alone at Camp 2
29th April
- Awesome avalanche crashes down above base camp
- After couple of rest days at Gorak Shep Gav back at BC
26th April
- Thanks for those people back home & a plea for support
- Back at Gorak Shep after incredible climbing days
25th April
- Reports from Camp 1 on great first carry through Ice Fall
- Gav muses over his choice of Gorak Shep as Base Camp
24th April
- Gav feeling good at Base Camp ahead of first carry