Day 29 - headed back to base camp from camp 2 1. Incredible view from the top of the icefall - this is called the ‘popcorn’ section 2. The seracs in the icefall, are beautiful, but dangerous 3. Hamish negotiating one of the harder ladders in the icefall 2/2

Day 30 - rest day at base camp A few highlights from rotation no. 1 1. View from the tent at camp 1 2. Heading from camp 1 to camp 2 3. Me heading down the first ice wall at the top of the Khumbu Icefall

Day 33 - another belter at #Everest base camp We have been given the dates of our next, & penultimate, rotation Head up to camp 1 early tomorrow morning, head to camp 2 on 5 May, rest day 6 May On 7 May, we touch camp 3 - 7,300m (but not stay at camp 3, & head back to camp

Day 35 - second rotation up the mountain 1. View from close to the top of the icefall, looking towards Nuptse bathed in sunlight 2. The problems are not over once you exit the icefall - to get to camp 1 you have to jumar up this 10m ice wall, which is tough going at about

Day 35 - we headed off for our second rotation up the mountain - a touch easier than the first time, but still bloody hard - took 9 hrs to get to camp 1 1. Early morning - approx. 2.30am - lower down the icefall before we clipped into the fixed lines 2. Mid-way up the icefall -

Day 38 - finally acquainted myself with the Lhotse Face - a very cold day, and hard to take pictures Incredibly tough day - wind gusting to 80km/h, 815m altitude gained, 8 hr return to camp 2 (touched camp 3). Couldn’t feel my fingers for about an hour - just a suffer-fest on

Day 39 - heading back to base camp from camp 2 after finishing our second rotation Bloody cold and windy morning - great to be back basking in the sunlight at base camp 1. Crevasse fun above the icefall 2. Looking towards the top of the icefall from the ‘popcorn section’ 3.

Day 41 - rest day feels at #Everest Base Camp 1. Sunrise 2. & 3. View from behind base camp, looking towards the Khumbu icefall, Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse

We now have our climbing plan, which is as follows: 1. Depart Everest Base Camp on 18 May 2023 heading to camp 2 - this will be a tough day as we will not be stopping at camp 1 (which we did on rotations 1 & 2) - should take about 15 hours; 2. 19 May 2023 - rest day camp 2

Day 48 - we awoke early and left camp by 1am Unfortunately, as we were approaching crampon corner, we met three Sherpas who had come down out of the icefall The Sherpas informed us that there had been a collapse in the icefall and the route was not passable So we turned

Day 53 - firstly, huge congratulations to my team mates: Anna Ott Cris Salomon Lisa Jelly Bec Heah for summiting #Everest (Anna went on to summit #Lhotse the following day)! I could not be more thrilled for your success - and an incredible worthy group to reach the top of the

As for my summit dreams, they will have to wait There are no guarantees in mountaineering - I made the call at the South Col with respect to the Everest summit, that I was not in a sufficiently fit state to make an attempt, so I did not head off for the summit push. Given the

I caught up with Oli Le Lievre from the Humans of Agriculture team to discuss my recent attempt to summit Mt Everest and Lhotse ‘Trent has returned from his attempt to reach the summit of Mt #Everest. Host, Oli Le Lievre sits down with him to reflect on his incredible journey and the raw

The entire crowd in awe of amazing Trent Thorne (TGS old boy) regaling courageous Everest adventures at Aust Cotton Awards. Inspiring leadership 👏 & $450socks #embracethesuck #attitudedeterminesaltitude Cotton Australia Matt McVeigh @ToowoombaGS Jo Sheppard Fleur Anderson

An inspirational, moving, incredible keynote address #TrentThorne at the Cotton Australia Aust Awards Dinner tonight. A story of commitment, preparation, determination, disappointment & acceptance Trent Thorne April cav Michael Murray Nigel & Beth Burnett

Trent Thorne talking Everest to the Kimberley Pilbara Cattleman’s conference 🏔️ 💪

Sunrise Gantheaume Point, #Broome #cablebeach

Who’s heading to Albury next week for the Cattle Australia industry forum? Trent Thorne guest dinner speaker ‘Preparing for and surviving the extremes – Mt Everest & Lhotse’ Going to be a great event 🐮 🥩 🌱

Trent Thorne kicking off Beef Australia at the Cattle Australia Breakfast Symposium. Gonna be a big week! #beef24