Mount everest gay

Now the ropes have been fixed teams will be able to climb Everest over the next week or so, and in windy conditions smaller teams will be able to make their way up, logistics and management being easier with a small team than with a big team. An April 18th he climbed up to Camp One of Mt. Pumori, providing not only a great view of their route up the South Col of Everest, but also of the North Col of Everest over to China.

The rescue team did an exceptional job of lowering his body down the Lhotse face; safely and professionally.

Tomorrow they are having a rest day at Camp 2 then leaving early in the morning to descend past Camp 1 and the icefall to Base Camp.

Mount Everest Climb Update 5/12

This past week Cason went back down to Base Camp to rest before the final climb to the summit itself.

[Cason is on the left in the picture below in Camp 2]

Their objective today [5/5/13] was to touch Camp 3 that sits on a small ledge [24,500 ft] and return to Camp 2 to sleep. I have nothing but respect for Cason. He kept going despite the weather and made it to the summit before the weather had deteriorated too much, but the weather got much worse very quickly.

When he was 15, he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at 19,340 feet, with his mother. OutSports asked him how he brings up the fact that he is gay and what his mission is. In this video we even get to see Erik's initial reaction.

It's an old video so the quality is poor.

Although it's been many years, Cythia still relives the moment, which has actually become a positive event in Erik's life.

Cason told OutSports, "I'm so lucky to have had such a positive experience and I'm doing this project for kids like this who have had a much tougher time, who deal with this every day." Cason will be the first openly gay person to accomplish this feat, in addition to becoming the fifth youngest person ever to climb these mountains. 

Having unsuccessfully trying to reach the summit of Aconcagua in Argentina twice and the summit of Denali once in Alaska [both listed on the Seven Summits], I personally know the difficulty of this quest.

The extreme high temperatures of Alaska last week have been replaced by snow and wind. Seriously, there are a sizable minority of climbers who are doing these climbs for a cause and it's one of the first things that comes up. The team is sitting in camp, acclimatizing and hoping that the weather above will mellow out a bit and allow them to go higher.

If you looked at the best climbers of the world, they would be fit but they're not going to look like Michael Phelps, they're not going to look like Rafa Nadal, they're not going to look like David Beckham. As a junior in high school, one ofCason's friends committed suicide. Did we mention he is only 20 years old? Sometimes, once the climber is acclimatized it is only a matter of a few days rest before they can go up the mountain and make a bid for the summit.

During his quest, he has been raising money and awareness for gay youth suicide prevention.