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Moe Al Thani | 7Summits
First Qatari man to summit Mount Everest and to climb the Seven Summits.
First Qatari, Mount Everest, Entrepreneur, Qatar's royal family, Mountaineer, Brand ambassador for Reach Out To Asia, Founder of musafir.com, Sharjah Paintball Park, Grab n’ Go, Al Nawras Hospitality, Tamween Catering
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15 May
19

Camp 1

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Wake up call at 7:00 but  I was awake since 6:00, slept at 10:00pm so I go plenty of sleep.
Today was much quicker than yesterday as everything was organized and we became more efficient packers. Loaded up the sledges and our backpacks and we headed to camp 1. We carried loads of about 50kgs and today was all up hill took us about 2 hrs to camp 1 a live where we set up our camp quickly. Camp 1 is at 2,300m above sea level and our camp consists of sleeping tents (2 in each tent) and a kitchen/dining tent.

The day just beginning for us, we then carried up    to cache half of our loads. The reason we did this is from now on its all up hill and it’s extremely hard to carry heavy weights so we break it up into two days. Where we cached (buried) stuff we will need higher up the mountain. We cached extra clothes we will be wearing higher up, food, and gear. It took us 3.5 hrs alm uphill reaching 2,800m where we buried our stuff and headed back down to camp 1 which took us another our. We reached camp 1 by 6:00m the weather is quite good clear skies and very hot in the morning with the sun up its in the 30’s but once the sun hides behind the mountains it drops below zero in seconds.

Long tiring day today, but the team is in high spirits. Looking forward for the days to come.

Here are a few pictures of our day.

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14 May
15

1/2 Camp

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There is 24hrs Sunlight in here however when the sun hides behind the mountains the temperature drops down drastically. We woke up at 6:00am didn’t want to leave our sleeping bags it was too cold. Once I started moving I warmed up and headed over to the food tent.

After breakfast, we packed all the gear that will head up with us and buried some stuff at Basecamp. We then did some refreshing corse to go thru technical and safety procedures

At about 11:30am we headed off to half camp which is between Basecamp and camp 1. It’s at the same height so no elevation gain. The reason we did a half camp is to cut the heavy carries in half to save energy for the tougher days ahead.

I was a short day we reached by 3:00pm to set up camp and rest for the day.

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13 May
18

Basecamp

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Finally they gave us the go ahead to fly at 3:30pm, suddenly the adrenaline kicked it it’s time to go. We boarded a small ski plane for an hour flight to base camp. Soon after takeoff the tall green trees disappeared and all what I can see is snow and mountains. The trip was a bit bumpy due to the air current from the mountains.

Landing in Basecamp was smooth, we are one of the first teams on the mountain. No one Summiteer this year yet.
Soon after we landed we had to set up or camp for the day. We started by carrying 750kgs worth of food and gear off the runway 200m where we set up our camp. We start by leveling the floor, as we will sleep on the floor it really helps if the ground is leveled. We then set up our tents, and then took our personal gear to our tents.
More work in side the tents, inflating the air mattress, taking out the sleeping bag etc.

It started getting cold, so I had to wear heavier layers. About 8pm we had dinner, so far dinner was amazing. As we just flew in we had bread with us so we made burgers. And I had to have my favorite hot sauce with me “دقوس”.

At about 10pm we went to our tents and crashed.
There will be long days ahead of us and we need all the rest we can get .

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09 May
30

Day one…

Moe Al Thani   |   7Summits, Denali   |   2 Comments

Last minute packing as always, I had over 15 things on my todo list. Sync iPod, char he camera, test blog, set alarm at 5:00am don’t forget your jacket… So you can imagine I was thinking of all the little things and make sure I didn’t forget anything. So I ended up not sleeping also partly because I’m so excited to finally climb my 7th Summit.

Flight is at 9:35am had to leave Sharjah by 6:00am to avoid the traffic, so I had a lot of time to spare. Mean while Masoud landed from Tehran at 6:30am, Masoud being Masoud he has to cause drama in the airport. He decided to leave the airport go to his house on SZR pickup his climbing gear, showe and then come back to the airport to checking for the Seattle flight. Knowing that there is double the security checks to the US flights, I offered that I will pick his bags up and drop check them in so he doesn’t need to. But it’s useless to agree with Masoud. If he doesn’t make I’ll have the tent all for my self ???? 

Raed is already in the Sates and will meet us in Seattle. Suzanne is the fourth member on the team who will meet in Alaska on the 10th.

Just minutes before takeoff Masoud decides to show up so now I’m back to sharing a tent with him. It a 14.5 hour flight and I tried my best to sleep as much as I can.  But as usual there was min sleep.

5 movies and 2 meals later we landed in Seattle at around 12:30pm. Thus having the whole day infront of us. AJ our friend and fellow mountain climber came to see us off from Canada and Raed arrived at 4:30pm se we spent the rest of the day catching up.

We did manage to visit the original Starbucks on Pime Place that opened in 1971. You know the saying Starbucks at every corner? That doesn’t apply in Seattle it’s 2 Starbucks at every corner here. We had to have coffe from there before calling it a night. Due to jetlag we retired for the night at 8:30pm

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07 May
57

All Packed and Good to Go!

Moe Al Thani   |   7Summits, Denali   |   4 Comments

I have finally packed, and triple checked I have everything I need for my next Expedition to Mount Denali in Alaska.

Denali is 6,190m above sea level and considered the highest mountain in North America. It will hopefully be my last of my 7 Summits challenged that I had set to do back in 2009. Along with my friends Suzanne Al Houby, Raed Zidan, and Masoud Mohammed we will be heading out to Seattle in the morning to commence our journey. We have been working very hard the past few months, pushing our limits even further. I will do my very best to keep you all updated with our journey, it wont be easy as the only way of reaching you is thru satellite phone.

So it begins…

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