![]() By the end of 2017, Anja had completed her collection with the ascent of Mount Vinson in Antarctica, 4,897 meters high. At the beginning of 2015, she scaled the 6,962-meter-high Aconcagua in South America, her first of the “Seven Summits”, the highest mountains of all continents. ![]() Only in 2012, at the age of 22, did Anja Blacha buy her first mountain boots for a holiday trip to Iceland. I also work as a motivational speaker in South America and the whole experience of sharing and inspiring others is really fulfilling in my climbing career.įor more information on Everest Rapid Ascent or any other of our expeditions, visit our website or call us in the office at 87.She is a late bloomer as climber, but one who then hit the ground running. Q: What made you want to be a mountain guide in the first place?Ĭarla: I love the potential to combine two of my favorite things to do: climbing mountains and sharing experiences with people. I’m really happy to be part of such an amazing team! This season will just be an awesome experience with all these women on the team. When I was planning and researching about my first Everest expedition I read a lot about her but I never imagined to have the chance to meet her and even less to share and learn from her. Q: It’s so cool that TWO out of the seven women who have ever summited Everest without supplemental oxygen are guiding together on the same team! Are you excited to work with Lydia? And the rest of the women on the guide and climber team?Ĭarla: I’m really excited to work with Lydia. ![]() Some of the Hima-LADIES representing on our Everest 2019 teams All five members will be on Everest this season: Adrian, Topo, Pemba and Palden. We will be joined by an amazing international team supported by Eddie Bauer. Q: What climbing goals do you have this summer? What’s the next step after Everest for you?Ĭarla: My climbing goal this summer is K2 without suplemental oxygen. For me, climbing Everest without O2 on my second attempt, after 20 years of dreaming it and 6 years preparing myself to do it, was much more than a physical challenge, it was a life experience full of learning. from the summit because of the extreme cold. On my first attempt, I turned back 700 ft. Q: What was it like to summit Everest without oxygen in 2016? Was it the hardest thing you’ve ever done?Ĭarla: By far Everest without oxygen was physically and mentally the hardest thing I have ever done. It will be awesome, challenging but awesome. I really enjoy sharing life-changing experiences with people and it’s amazing to get to do that in one of my favorite places in the world. Q: What are you getting excited about for Everest this season?Ĭarla: For this Everest’s season, I’m super excited because It will be my first Himalayan expedition as a guide, an achievement that I dreamed about and pursued for many years. Finally once per week, I climb a big mountain like Cotopaxi (19,400′) or Chimborazo (21,000′) for acclimatization. I also did a lot of long uphill hikes, keeping a low heart rate and increasing the weight in my backpack every week.įor the past six weeks, I have been doing a lot of jumping workouts in the gym to build some explosive power and also running up short running hills pulling a tire. The training process started with exercises to stabilize my muscles, joints, and ligaments with two sessions per week of strength in a gym (squats, deadlifts, abs, pull-ups, push-ups). Q: What has your training been like for Everest?Ĭarla: This summer I want to try to climb K2 without supplemental oxygen so I have been training with my coach for these two goals. It takes almost 10 days to get around the world to get into the Chinese base camp at 17.500 ft. From Lhasa, we drive along the Tibetian plateau for three days to reach base camp. We spend a night there and finally, we fly to Lhasa. The next day I fly from San Francisco to Beijing and then to Chengdu, where I meet the rest of the team. I fly from Quito to San Francisco and spend a night there. Q: What does travel to Everest look like?Ĭarla: Travel from Ecuador to Everest Base Camp is an expedition in itself. The last light of the day on the top of the world, Mount Everest South Lake Tahoe AIARE 2 Avalanche Course.South Lake Tahoe AIARE Avalanche Rescue.South Lake Tahoe AIARE 1: 2-Day Avalanche Course. ![]()
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