It's Everest A Go Go

It's Everest a-go-go right now, with numerous teams of highly disciplined Himalayan mountaineers constantly updating their web sites by satellite phone from Base Camp.

You know the stuff; 'Hey! Dave Weatherballoon of the SuperCorp Inc. 2002 Everest Expedition from base camp. Hey, I'm looking out of my tent here and I can tell you that Everest is real big and covered in snow. There are lots of tents here and people. Last night the cook dished up some real good rice and chicken. It is real cold here. Tomorrow we are going to sit in our tent and update the web site. Thanks to SuperCorp for making the whole thing possible... etc'

Cynical? Us? Whatever. If you do want to follow live cybercasts from the big lump itself, then Mountain Zone is the place to go. They're following Alpine Ascents International's South Col Expedition, with daily updates, pictures and hey, you can even read it in Spanish. Click here for the latest from Nepal.

Meanwhile, our old mate Tashi Tenzing - Tenzing Norgay's grandson and the third generation of his family to suimmit Everest - is also on the mountain. Tashi's climbing with a Swiss expedition which also has a site which they're going to be updating regularly with dispatches and pictures from Nepal. The expedition is to mark the Swiss attempt on the mountain of 1952, just a year before it was finally climbed. Check the web site.

Last but not least, it may not be flashy, but if you want news and lots of it about Everest and other major Himalayan peaks then there's only one place to go everestnews.com.