Everest Base Camp (5380m) Kalapatthar (5545m)Island Peak (6189m)

The SUAGU team has been climbing rainforest mountains mostly in East and West Malaysia. It was only in 2007 that Yew Hoong and I (Lester) had our first encounter with ice/snow mountaineering when we participated on an international (Australia, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepal and Singapore) Scout expedition to climb Lord Baden Powell Peak (BP Peak) in Nepal's Langtang Region. It was to commemorate 100 years of Worldwide Scouting.

Both Yew Hoong and I did not make it to the summit of BP Peak due to inexperience, lack of technical skill, fatigue and Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). But we came back with new skills, knowledge and motivation to climb another ice-capped mountain.

Yew Hoong chose Island Peak (6189m), also known as Imja Tse by the locals of Everest Region, to be SUAGU team's alpine mountain target. On 21st April 2009, 4 SUAGU members summitted.

The SUAGU Team:



Our Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/suagu.islandpeak09/

Our climbing stories:
Departure Day: Singapore Changi Airport
Day 0: 2nd day in Kathmandu
Day 1: Lukla to Phadking
Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazar
Day 3: Acclimazation Namche Bazar
Day 4: Namche Bazar to Tengboche
Day 5: Tengboche to Pheriche
Day 6: Pheriche to Lobuche
Day 7: Lobuche to Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp (EBC)
Day 8: Acclimatization Climb to Kalapatthar then to Dingboche
Day 9: Dingboche to Chhukhung
Day 10: Ice Climbing Course at Chhukhung (Part 1)
Day 11: Ice Climbing Course at Chhukhung (Part 2)
Day 12: Chhukhung to Island Peak Base Camp
Day 13: Summit Attack
Day 14: Island Peak Base Camp to Chhukhung to Pangboche
Day 15: Pangboche to Namche Bazar
Day 16: Namche Bazar to Lukla
Day 17: Back to Kathmandu
Day 18: Rest & Relax - Stupa Visits