Summit of Mount Everest May 13th at 6:10am!
Summit of Mount Everest on May 13th at 6:10am. The summit push started off with decent weather, but within a couple of hours of the summit wind really picked up. To the point my down suit formed an ice sheet over the top of it leading to my Nalgene bottles + Spring gels to freeze (was not fun having to carry frozen blocks of water and gels I couldn’t access or consume). Upon reaching the summit I wasn’t able to even get my phone out to take pictures- luckily my Sherpa guide, Nima Nuru, was able to get some on his Android. My summit conditions was such a dichotomy as the view was as clear as could be, but the wind and gusts of ice/blown snow were so strong I could hardly enjoy it, and instead was just thinking on how I now needed to get down in these conditions. It didn’t help that a dead body right before the summit messed with me. By the time I was leaving the summit even the inside of my goggles froze over making it increasingly difficult to see at all. Getting back to Camp 4 is a blur as I was just eager to get out of the weather and back to relative safety. To make things more dramatic upon arriving to Camp 4 I was expecting to get in a tent and hydrate + recover for a bit post summit success. Instead, camp 4 appeared significantly smaller and MingmaG was there waiting for me. After congratulating me and offering me a bowl of coffee while getting pelted by the wind he informed me that my tent and several others had been blown down, and the remaining tents were being taken down due to the conditions. That the only option was moving to camp 2 and we had to leave immediately. Completely smoked from my climb I set off to camp 2 eventually getting there for an over 24 hr summit day. Ultimately successfully completing my rapid ascent of Everest in 25 days. Overall it’s Mount Everest and I guess intensity or a significantly impactful experience is to be expected (and I certainly had mine). As I went with a thumbs up over a flag or banner I’ll accept being the 2nd Puerto Rican
to have made it to the top of Everest. Thanks to MingmaG and the
@imaginenepal team for putting on a great expedition and helping me get safely down from Camp 4 while a shell of myself. #Everest#everest2024 Bitcoin just below $70k