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Saturday, 22nd of may, Ascensio made it!

Mika and Timo, Ascensio’s climbers, reached the Roof of the World at 8848 mt on 22nd of may at about 3.30 AM GMT… and our mighty flag with them!

Even on their blog there is little or no more information… but I guess the mere fact of being there worths a post!

Thanks Ascensio, for having brought a bit of Stonesoft with you on Top of the World!

More info to follow, stay tuned!

Editing the post, since the first picture arrived.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the FLAG (and the legendary climbers):

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Interrupting the news about the great new upcoming version of StoneGate 5.2 since the mighty trip is getting to the most exciting (and dangerous) part.

This appeared about an hour ago on Ascensio page on Facebook, from where you can follow closer the status of the expedition:

The magic Finnish duo (with our legendary Flag) is heading to Camp 4, also known as Dead Zone, since no human body can acclimatize to this altitude and permanence is not recommended for more than few days.

Once here, next planned step will be the roof of the world at 8848 mt!!!

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The trip of our flag continues with Ascensio guys and their blog is constantly updated as the right “window of opportunity approaches”. Apparently next weekend could be a potential good moment to try getting to the top, since the weather is expected to be bit less windy than currently, and the situation could last until 30th may.

I’m writing this post to ensure you good StoneBlog Readers are updated about what’s happening up there, and because I simply loved the post they made yesterday evening… as it contains a wise sentence about how making business could be seen close to climbing. Here’s the excerpt:

A reporter from the National Geographic asked us a question:” What things do mountain climbing and business have in common?”. I said: “In the business world the targets are depicted as the company vision, which is then broken into strategic steps that the company shall take. These steps are then broken into targets and measures that can be achieved. This gives the business its direction as well as all the relevant milestones for its actions. You then track the milestones systematically and see whether you’re headed to the right direction. In mountain climbing – as well as business – the summit cannot be achieved with one step, rather than the target is broken into smaller pieces. We then build our success on top of making all of the smaller steps happen.”

If everything goes fine, they’ll start the final trip to the top tomorrow… expecting to reach it by next saturday.

Citius, altius, fortius!

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Those of you who follow Ascensio guys on their blog are of course well updated, but from time to time I committed to keep track of the expedition on our StoneBlog as well, so that you aficionados don’t miss a beat of this important event.

As you may imagine, climbing to top of the world’s highest mountain might very well be the experience of a lifetime… sure it is not a bed of roses in a classic limousine

And this is perceived very well reading the blogs articles, made of incredible moments, breathtaking views, feeling of comradeship but also homesickness, difficulties, fear and physical issues due to high altitude.

As I told few posts ago, reading Ascensio blog in the morning before starting to work makes my day, it gives me the right mix of feelings from that group of people to find the energy through the working day and more.

They have climbed to over 7000 mt (and our mighty flag with them), then found a weather twist which forced them to go down a bit in Periche to rest a bit, refill the energy tank to prepare for the right moment when they’ll… carpe diem. And while resting, they are telling about how life flows there, while eating fried yak meat with onions and singing Finlandia altogether at supper and even remembering Mom’s day… several thousands meters above their Mom’s head

It’s funny to meet quite unusual type of visitors during an expedition like this, such as  people from Brunei intended to break a record of playing a chess game at the highest altitude ever

So, here’s the small update… go Ascensio, go!

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The climb goes on… and our flag follows!

The picture shows the last blessing (Puja) that Ascensio received and “The Flag” was blessed as well (look on the stone wall, see a “Stonesoft” ).

Reading the posts on Ascensio blog about the climb to Mount Everest is one of the best way to start the day… they are… inspiring, they share info about other parts of the world, they tell a story made of strength, persistence, Sisu, breathtaking places, challenges, small achievements along a path to a great final goal.

Everyone’s daily life should be made of this (isn’t this the best way to enjoy life while living?), but certainly the situation that Ascensio guys are living gives a twist of… special to all these sensations.

Last news we receive from “The Mount” is that they arrived at the Base Camp as expected on 15th April evening, totalling 11 Finns at the camp. They are telling that it’s not always bottle of Champagne for the winners and bed of roses… this post tell also about a give-up that created bit of meditation, since it’s difficult to say who is the wiser: who strive to the top at all costs or who says “it’s enough”? Maybe this is one of the hardest answers ever…

But wow, read this excerpt from yesterday post:

At 5 am we were on our way along the Kumbu icefall. The morning was magical; the sun rose at 5 am and it highlighted glacier’s deep blue colors.

Isn’t this splendid? I think it is indeed!

Today they should break the 6000 mt barrier and… we’ll be virtually all with them!

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The group is travelling to the base camp, at 5530 mt.

They expect to arrive there next 15th april after some intermediate steps for acclimatisation.

It’s interesting to follow this on their blog (instead of republishing plainly the posts they make) because there you can discover some curiosities I’d personally never heard about.

For instance, did you know where the name Sherpa (the local people/guides) came from? Literally translated it is composed of two words: Sher (East) and Pa (Human), to mean people from the east (Tibetan highlands).

These are probably information one could get on Wikipedia as well, but reading it from the passioned fingers of Mika Pitkämäki, who is living this information there is a nice sensation.

As it is to read about humans meeting goats (and finding out who is the startled one), lifestyle made of blessing from monks living at 4000mt, say a prayer and watch the summit of Mt Everest 5 km above (while you are already over 3000mt), wondering why there is a pile of 7 tons of garbage behind a guest house… and knowing that a little bit of Stonesoft is travelling with them all.

Go on Ascensio… Stonians are virtually there with you, to see you succeed!

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…and a part of Stonesoft is travelling with them. Who? But Ascensio naturally!

They arrived in Nepal and slowly (but inexorably) started their trip to Base Camp, blogging from Internet Cafè on the way.

Read about their first day towards Mt Everest!

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I’m proud to announce that Stonesoft is ready to bring security to highest place in the world, by sponsoring an expedition to Mount Everest.

In next weeks, Ascensio group will try to make it to the top of Mount Everest bringing a bit of Stonesoft with them.

We’ll actively follow the expedition on this blog, providing report, news and maybe even pictures as the trip goes by.

Stay tuned, to reach with us all the top of the world!

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