Chris Jensen Burke

18 May 2018

Kanchenjunga expedition – world first, first summits, dead but alive

I can barely type. I am so exhausted my fingers don’t want to do this in haste. This expedition alone could fill a book. This is the hardest expedition for me, EVER.

10 May 2018

Kanchenjunga expedition update and summit push – 10 May 2018

Written by Chris Jensen Burke

It looks like we may have a weather window for our summit push, so our Expedition Base team is getting ready to leave base camp tomorrow, 11th May, to head up the mountain.

5 May 2018

Kanchenjunga Expedition update & rescue – 5 May 2018

Written by Chris Jensen Burke

No-one wants to have to use the mountain rescue skills they learn – one hopes they never have to. But, that is exactly what happened for Chhiring Sherpa from Expedition Base yesterday…

24 April 2018

Kanchenjunga Expedition update - 24 April 2018

Written by Chris Jensen Burke

We arrived at Kanchenjunga base camp three days ago and yesterday had our team puja ceremony. Early this morning, Expedition Base’s Sherpa team left our base camp to advance the route setting on the mountain.

13 April 2018

Kanchenjunga Expedition - update 13 April 2018

Written by Chris Jensen Burke

It is always good to be humbled when climbing big mountains. When we planned this expedition, various discussions with team members had us arrive at a decision to climb the south-west face route, from Kanch’s south base camp.

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