Blogs About "Alison Levine"

This is a very long blog but it's definitely worth reading -- Alison's feat, weeks after her safe return, still takes my breath away! BEST LINE: "It is important to remember the summit is only the half-way point." THINK ABOUT IT!

After our drop-back down valley we return to BC. We are told that there will be a good weather window with no jetstream from May 22-26th, and we want...

If you're in the tri-state area today you are enjoying one of the most beautiful days of 2010. Being a BC survivor, I am grateful to (still) have two extraordinary kids, two crazy dogs, a beautiful home in Bedford, and a network of fab women and many cool guy friends in my life.

This evening I will be attending a memorial service at Sloan Kettering for Meg Berte Owen, who...

Hello friends and family,

All members, guides and Sherpa are safely back to the South Col and happy to be out of the wind and snow!!

After 15 hours of stomping around on top of the world, everyone is safe and accounted for.

As the Sherpa say… Subharatri (good night)

On this day I recall a quote from More Than 85 Broads in the Adventurer's Chapter:

"Adventure by its very nature involves risk. It's supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be uncertain. It's supposed to be daunting and sometimes overwhelming. But it's also supposed to be exciting. To be exhilarating. And ultimately to be self-defining."

Today 85 Broads member Alison Levine certainly accomplished a feat that perfectly captures this description of adventure.

Alison...

Alison is just hours away from reaching the summit on Everest. She is climbing in memory of Meg Berte Owen -- when she reaches the summit she's going to plant her ice ax, with Meg's name carved on it, in Meg's spectacular memory.

This is an extraordinary, breathtaking victory. Alison was 36 when she made her first summit bid in 2002 -- she's been on the speaking tour...

Today we moved up from Camp 3 to Camp 4 in beautiful weather. Currently the team is tucked into the tents at the South Col and we've had dinner and hot drinks. The weather forecast looks excellent for a summit day on the 24th. Tomorrow we're all just going to hang tight, suck oxygen, have hot drinks, and eat a few more good meals while we rest up for our summit...

We started out up the Lhotse face this morning in a raging wind storm. But the mountain was kind to us and the wind gentled down as we climbed. We are now perched at Camp 3, 7,200 meters above sea level, and it is a beautifully calm evening. Team members are now snuggled deep into their sleeping bags with oxygen flowing. We're psyched that the weather is finally cooperating and we...

An unspeakable crime was committed at BC a few weeks ago (unspeakable, but not untype-able), and the perpetrator has still not been apprehended. Spike, the Gonzaga Bulldogs’ mascot was being carried up the mountain by one of my teammates, John Rudolph. Needless to say, JR is a big big BIG Gonzaga basketball fan (the team actually spends time at his lake house in Idaho). There is an athletic center on the...

I know. That’s a horrible thing to say and I am expecting nastygrams from the AARP. But before you get all undone about how politically incorrect this blog title is, let me say this: Sometimes 65 is the new 45. Just not in the case of one of our teammates that left the expedition early and is now headed home. She was 65 years old and a veteran of multiple Himalayan...

Dear Kate -

You and I have not met, but we have much in common. I know that for years people have scrutinized your eating habits and have criticized your weight. Well, I know just how you feel because after so many weeks at altitude I am also really having trouble getting my food down and keeping it down. I realize that the difference between your situation and mine is that you...