Post #61: #2 Bestseller!

I never thought i'd be a "Bestselling Author". Proof that you never know what the future holds. The Denver Post is reporting that Sleeping on the Summits rose to the #2 spot on the July 2012 Non-Fiction Paperback Bestselling List across the Front Range of CO. Huge thanks to everyone who supported our book!

July 2012 Bestselling List: http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_21113992/books-denver-best-sellers-list-7-22-2012

Post #60: REI-Westminster 8/2012
    Awesome night at REI-Westminster!  Big thanks to everyone.  Jon flew for 18 hours from Israel to Denver just in time for this presentation....talk about a tired man.

Post #59: REI-Denver Flagship 7/30/2012
    Huge turnout at REI Denver - thanks to everyone who attended.  Some excellent questions from folks. 
    Photographer Josh White shot video and photos.

Post #58: Tattered Cover LoDo 7/9/2012

Thanks to everyone who came out to Tattered Cover LoDo for our first big book signing and presentation. It was a success! I really enjoyed meeting everyone.

Our next book signing and presentation is August 14 REI-Westminster at 6:00pm.

Thanks to Peter Birdsong for his excellent photography (Peter Birdsong Photography).

Claire Martin of the Denver Post wrote a great story: http://www.denverpost.com/outwest/ci_21087437/ultimate-sleepover-atop-each-colorados-14-000-foot

FOX-31/CW-2's Jeremy Hubbard put together a great story as well:
http://kdvr.com/2012/07/11/pair-summits-sleeps-on-peaks-of-58-fourteeners-in-95-days/

Full access to photos from the event (from Peter Birdsong):
http://peterbirdsong.com/2012/08/sleeping-on-the-summits/comment-page-1/#comment-84

Post #56: REI-Boulder "Mountain Meteorology" 6/15/2012
     Excellent night in Boulder - great group with insightful questions.  Thanks to everyone that took the time to attend!  Presented new info on our Sleeping on the Summits book project, Mountain Meteorology, and some Everest weather information.  Next up: Tattered Cover Book Signing July 9, 7:30pm.

Post #55: Mount Everest (6/1/2012)

Huge congrats to best friend and climbing partner of 15 years, Jon Kedrowski! It was a rollercoaster of a ride this season. In my view two things stand out: 1) Jet Stream trapping climbers near the summit on May 19-20, 2) Jon climbing Everest twice with a successful summit in "dead-calm wind". I provided forecasts for Jon's Team, all part of Dan Mazurs' Summit Climb Expedition. It was an honor.

Jet Stream & Weather Windows: The weather this season on Everest was big news. From my meteorological perspective, I watched the jet stream sit directly over the summit for weeks on end in April and was a little worried. Would the typical 5-day summit windows really open? Technically speaking, the Himalayan Mountain Range is caught between a rock and a hard place - between temperature and moisture contrasts from the north and south. The height of these mountains is a significant factor - any little deviation in the mathematics is hugely important to the bottom line forecast. The placement of the jet stream's strongest core of wind never recedes from Everest's summit by more than a few thousand feet during these summit windows. It looked to me like it would come down to very small summit windows this season, and indeed, that's what happened. Two-day summit windows played-out. And, these tiny 48-hour weather windows forced all the climbers into the normal chokepoints all at the same time.

Jon has an incredible story to tell when he gets back to the USA.

Some Excellent Media Coverage:

Jon Kedrowski summits Mt. Everest (KWGN-TV):
http://kwgn.com/2012/05/29/colorado-mountain-climber-talks-about-getting-to-the-top-of-mt-everest/

Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/jon-kedrowski-avon-man-re_n_1556538.html

CNN: (Great Article by Ashley Strickland)
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/climbing-geographer-nears-mount-everest-summit/

Jon Kedrowski's Everest Blog: http://www.jonkeverest.org/blog

Jon Kedrowski on the Summit of Everest May 2012