Island Peak: The approach to climbing Island Peak

This video was taken 12 hours before the climb of Island Peak. We had traveled to Everest Base Camp, and climbed Mt. Kalapathar (18, 500 ft.) the day before and had acclimatized well for the ascent of Island Peak. We were on our way to Island Peak Base Camp at 16, 200 ft. This was a desire of mine since 1998 and the time had finally come. Excitement and nervousness all bound up together. We proceeded to wake up at midnight to leave for the climb. It was a full moon so there was no need to use headlamps for most of the way. Ice Axe, Crampons, ropes and jumars to ascend the final vertical 300 feet to the top made this climb particularly interesting, varied and challenging. We stood on the summit of Island Peak at 9:00am.