http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap Sun, 31 May 2009 18:32:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, we climbed Mt Everest and we summitted the mountain. But beyond the support of sponsors, individual donors, family and friends, there is a group of people whom we are grateful for - our sherpa guides.   From the acclimatization climbs to the actual summit push, our sherpas have been with us, ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/06/01/heroes-behind-the-mountain/ Five years of preparation, training and fund-raising paid off when the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team (NATAS-SWET) put the first Singaporean women on the top of the world. On 20th May 2009, the first summit team saw success when members Lee Lihui, Esther Tan and team leader Jane Lee stood on ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/25/historic-success-for-natas-singapore-womens-everest-team/ On 22 May 2009, the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team added to their historic success by placing two more members on the summit of Mt Everest, the highest peak on earth at 8850m. Joanne Soo age 39 and Lee Peh Gee age 32 reached the top of the world at ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/22/natas-swet-puts-two-more-members-on-everest-summit/ On 20 May 2009, a historic feat for Singapore was achieved when the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team reached the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest peak on earth which stands at 8850m. Lee Li Hui age 27, Esther Tan age 26 and Jane Lee age 25 of the NATAS ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/20/natas-swet-summits-everest/ After a bout of turbulent weather which saw Everest Base Camp covered in 7cm-thick snow, the weather finally looks set for a summit window.   The last couple of days saw the entire Khumbu region, including surrounding towns like Pangboche and Pheriche experience high precipitation and winds. Even though this is not ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/14/media-update-17-weather-lets-up-everest-summit-here-we-come/ The team's summit attempts have been postponed, due to weather changes. The weather window we were aiming for on the 11th and 12th of May got smaller, due to winds picking up as jet stream passed over the top of Mt. Everest. As stronger winds picked up in both the ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/11/jet-stream-complicates-first-summit-attempt/   It's crunch time! The acclimatization cycles are complete, the weather's looking good and we're feeling more prepared than ever. At the crack of tomorrow's dawn, we'll be headed for the summit push, towards the top of Mt Everest at 8,850m. Stay tuned, we hope to bring you good news from ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/07/off-to-the-summit/ You may not have seen him in our pictures, or notice him at the airport send-off, but Mr Lim Kim Boon is an integral part of the team.   Kim Boon is our capable Base Camp Manager, training coach, advisor, team liaison officer, and our beloved 7th member. He is one ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/03/kim-boon-our-7th-team-member/ Two days ago, we returned from Camp 3 (7,100m) on Everest, therefore completing the last of our acclimatization cycles before the summit bid! At 3.30am on 26th April, we set off once again up the Khumbu Icefall. This time round, our objective was to get to Camp 3, sleep one night ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/05/03/final-acclimatization-rotation-complete/ At the crack of dawn on 15 April, we set off for our 2nd acclimatization cycle, which brought us to Camps 1 (6,100m) and 2 (6,500m). This was the first time on this climb that we'd be reaching an altitude of 6,500m. We had with us our Sherpas, Kami, Jamling ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/onegiantleap/2009/04/23/to-camp-2-and-back/