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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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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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