Game day! I leave for the summit at 2:00 am Nepal Time. Here is the schedule:
Friday Night - Climb through the Khumbu Ice Fall
Saturday - Reach Camp 2
Sunday - Rest and Recover
Monday - Depart Camp 2 and Reach Camp 3
Tuesday - Depart Camp 3 and Reach Camp 4
Tuesday - 9pm Leave Camp 4 for Everest Summit
Wednesday - 6:00 am Reach Mt Everest Summit and descend to Camp 2 (with a brief stop at Camp 4)
Thursday - Leave Camp 2 - return to Everest Base Camp and CELEBRATE!
Friday - Take a chopper back to Kathmandu.
That’s the plan and the weather looks cooperative. Can’t wait to get started. Thanks to everyone for the prayers, encouragement and well wishes. Climbing Everest is a process and this is week 5. I’ve done the work, put in the effort and now the rest is gonna play out. We spent some time going over the oxygen systems, we will use at Camp 3 and above (aka the “death zone”) when there’s not enough oxygen to allow the brain to function properly. The cough I developed last week is almost gone, I feel rested and ready.
Prayers for all the 25 Hopecam kids we have honored during the entire experience and thanks to all our sponsors and donors who have helped us get to $400,000 almost 1/2 way to our $1 million goal.
LEN IS HONORING HOPECAM CHILD Valerie. READ MORE ABOUT valerie HERE!
My message to Hopecam Kid Valerie
THANK YOU TO Sharon Todd and FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT MORE CHILDREN FIGHTING CANCER and to the silverwood companies for sponsoring todays expedition!
Thank you Sharon Todd for your support!
Thank you Silverwood Companies for your support!
Thank You Silverwood Companies for your support!
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Mt Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, at 29,032 ft! Did you know that it can take over 40 days to summit Mt. Everest? Len Forkas the Founder of Hopecam has been acclimatizing his body (the process of adapting to high altitude, low oxygen environment) for the past 30 days to get ready to summit Mt. Everest! Len is in the home stretch and just days away to head back to Everest Base Camp to complete his climb and summit Mt. Everest.
We have raised over $395k - thank you to everyone that has donated and sponsored thus far for your generous support!! But we still need your help! Please consider a donation so that when Len summits Everest we can tell him over satellite communication that his goal of $1 million dollars has been reached and Hopecam can connect 4,000 more kids with cancer!
Len will not have Internet access after he leaves EBC, so no video or photos until he gets back to EBC. He will be communicating with his team over Garmin InReach for the daily blog post updates. Stay tuned for more updates from Len! You can also follow Len on his Garmin to see his location here: Where is Len?