Trip Reports
We just got the call from Nepal that our Everest Team reached the top of Mount Everest at 7:30 am local time this morning (May 22nd). One climber, Chris Hill, turned around and is back at the South Col already with several of our Sherpa guides, but the rest of the team stood on top…
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in from the broad Genet Basin at 14,200′ on Denali. The members of our 2017 West Rib team are taking it easy today, building acclimatization and watching for a break in the weather, so they can take a hike a bit higher on the mountain. The weather has not been…
The climbers ascended from Camp 3 on the Lhotse face through the “Yellow Band” and up the “Geneva Spur” to high camp at the South Col on Mount Everest today. After a couple of hours of rest, they woke up and started getting ready to head to the summit!! It’s a long push once they…
Jacob called in from the South Col on Mount Everest at just under 8000 meters to say that the team has arrived and everyone is doing great! They will get as much rest as they can this afternoon and evening, and then start for the summit some time tonight in hopes or reaching the top…
I cannot give much detail about this update, as it is beyond my grasp of languages… BUT- our amazing international community of followers have come to my rescue! Marlies Neefjes called in an update, after the May 15th team had a “great day of walking with beautiful weather.” They picked up their cache below Camp…
Rusty called in from Camp 3 on the West Buttress route on Denali at 14,200 ft to report that they’d moved up today and everyone is doing well. It’s a big climb with all of their gear, and then when they arrive, they’ve got a lot of work to do to set up camp, but…
The team spent the day at Camp 3 practicing some skills they’ll need when they get the opportunity to climb higher on Denali. Above them looms a pretty steep headwall of snow and ice where there is a fixed line for some additional security. It takes some practice to be efficient on the fixed lines,…
Travis Baldwin called in from 14,200′, happy after a relatively easy day of dropping downhill about 700′, picking up their cache and hiking it back into camp. He was pretty enthusiastic about the state of their camp, so hopefully, we’ll get some pictures when they get down off the mountain! The Rib team is now…
Another early morning wake up call for the Everest climbers at Camp 2 today. They rose to clear skies and no winds as they pulled on their down suits and prepared for the next couple of days of their push to the summit. They’ll rest for the afternoon at Camp 3 where they are starting…
The team is practicing patience on Denali, waiting for the weather to improve and to keep moving up the mountain. Many teams are waiting with them at the 14,200 ft camp today as the weather has held teams from going to high camp and having a chance to summit for a few days now. They…