Everest Update
I've started out alittle slow on my 2nd attempt for the summit of Mt Everest... I left Base Camp at 17,600 ft and have climbed 831 ft towards Camp One... once again I'm passing thru the Khumbu Falls...
The Khumbu Falls is 2,000 ft of constantly shifting ice blocks that is never stable; because of this, new cravasses can open up without any warning... at any moment. They say more climbers have died going thru the ice falls than on any other part of the mountain. To get thru the Ice Falls, climbers must walk across ladders that bridge the gap from one ice "cube" to another... and they do this wearing their crampons (metal spikes they wear on their boots to walk on ice)!! Absolutely insane... This would be the 2nd reason why I couldn't really climb Everest (the first reason being I'm too outta shape) 
My knees would buckle in a heartbeat the first time I stepped out onto one of those ladders and looked down...
so anyway ~ I'm now 1,469 ft away from Camp One...