Keswick climber and adventurer Tim Mosedale is “on top of the world” after completing his seventh summit of Everest.
Tim, a professional mountaineer who has led many expeditions in the area, took advantage of a weather window and reached the top on Tuesday May 11. It was the realisation of weeks and months of preparation, training and climbing.
Tim’s blog said: “This wasn’t my first time on this spot but I was completely alone, my eyes were full, and it was incredibly special. My emotions ran high but I didn’t want to scream or wave, but to simply stand quietly and soak it all in.
“Those final steps are always magical because, for the first time in your journey, you know for sure that you will make it to the summit. A life changing moment.”
Tim has led a number of expeditions up the world’s highest mountain but one of the aims this year was to get some summit panoramas, something he has a reputation for.
And the day after his Everest climb, Tim was back out tackling Lhotse, the world’s fourth highest mountain in what is called the high double.
Climbing with team mates Becks, Lhakpa and Cheten Sherpa they topped out into snowy mixed weather.
Tim said: “The four of us hugged on the summit of Lhotse and it felt incredible. The views were all but gone but our smiles and sense of achievement were unimpaired.
“Another 8,000m summit just to ourselves.”
In his blog Tim is keen to give credit to his climbing sherpas. He said: “Quite simply none of what I described above would be possible without the relentless, behind the scenes, hard work of the sherpas and Nepali climbers.
“My client and I owe a huge amount of thanks and gratitude to both the whole Madison team (whose logistics I was using), but specifically Lhakpa Sherpa and Cheten Sherpa for standing by our sides the whole way on our summit push.”
But the spectre of COVID has affected the situation in Nepal.
Since the start of Tim’s expedition, nearly two months ago, cases have been reported at Everest base camp.
Tim said: “Everybody I met took it quite seriously and strictly applied the necessary preventive protocols including masking, testing and isolating where necessary.”
Even before returning to the UK Tim is already thinking of his next plan, which he hopes will be in Pakistan for the summer climbing season for K2 and Broad Peak.
However, Tim is already hinting there may even be something quite exciting in the pipeline before then.
Tim’s dad, John, was quick to praise his son’s achievements. He said: “Wonderful teamwork and achievement. Stunning dialogue and footage. Very well done from a very proud dad.”
