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Base Camp!

Published April 7, 2010 Climbing Updates 2 Comments
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RMI Dispatch from Jeff Martin announcing the teams arrival at Everest Base Camp… see below for a map of the mountain.

April 7, 2010
17,575 ft.

Our team arrived at Everest Basecamp today around 1 p.m. They left Lobuche this morning on the last leg of their trek. The tents were set up and ready for their arrival. The team spent the afternoon getting moved into their tents, their homes for the next several weeks.

After organizing their gear and getting their bearings around Basecamp, we enjoyed a nice team dinner and everyone has headed to their tents for the first night in their new “home away from home”.

Jeff Martin

Everest Camps

Map showing elevations and locations of all Everest camps

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  1. 1 Martha Geiszler April 7, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    Wendy, Just wanted to let you know that Dennis and I are cheering you on from Los Gatos!!
    xo
    Martha

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  2. 2 Jude April 8, 2010 at 12:08 am

    Glad to hear you’ve made to basecamp without incident.
    I’m holding down the fort at Chez Haskell St. I can’t wait to hear about your adventure. Stay strong
    Jude
    xxo

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About Wendy Booker

In June of 1998, this 55 year old mother of three was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS after experiencing balance problems, blurred vision and numbness on her left side. When first diagnosed, Wendy was devastated. But it took very little time for her to transform anguish into inspiration. She immediately turned her hobby of casual running into a continuous pursuit and has now completed nine marathons.

Mountain climbing became the next conquest. Wendy learned about a team of mountain climbers with Multiple Sclerosis who were attempting to climb Mt. McKinley (Denali) in Alaska. With no previous climbing experience, she dedicated a year to hard training and set off with them in 2002. Although weather conditions prohibited the team from completing, Wendy attempted the summit again in 2004 on her own and she succeeded!

The feeling of accomplishment she experienced propelled her next aspiration: to climb the highest mountain on each continent. Just five years later, Wendy Booker has successfully reached the top of six of The Seven Summits – Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. Vinson Massif and Mt. Kosciuszko. Mt. Everest, the highest mountain on earth, still awaits for 2010.

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