Photos From Trek To Everest Base Camp
Here are some images from our team’s trek above Nanche Bazaar, in Nepal, en route to Mount Everest Base Camp:
Trip Reports
Beautiful Day in Namche and a Yeti sighting?
April 8, 2016 Ben here with today’s update from the beautiful village of Namche Bazaar. This morning we woke up to a nearly cloudless sky with seemingly endless mountain views. After a leisurely breakfast we took advantage of the beautiful weather to hike 1,500 feet above Namche to the Everest View Hotel at 12,700 feet…
Trek to Namche Bazaar
It was another beautiful day in the Himalayas today. We’ve made lot’s of progress since the last post and tonight we are in the village of Namche Bazaar, the hub of the Khumbu region. Yesterday morning we left Kathmandu by plane and helicopter and landed in Lukla where the trekking began. The team was excited…
The 2016 Mountain Trip Everest Season is underway!
Mountain Trip is back in Nepal again this spring with an Expedition to climb Mount Everest, and a trek to Everest Base Camp. It’s been a tough couple of years in Nepal, and they are still recovering from the earthquake last season, but our local team is as excited as we are to get underway…
Aconcagua Team is Off The Trail!
We received a call from lead guide Fermin Avila that the team is all resting at Penitentes, the resort near the trailheads for the mountain. Everyone enjoyed showers, feasted on a well earned meal, and will sleep on a bed this evening, rather than their sleeping pads! Great job everyone! Tomorrow, they will drive back…
Aconcagua Expedition Update from Base Camp
The team called in from the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp with lots of thoughts and good wishes for loved ones back home. They rested last night, following a tough descent from High Camp. This morning, they ate well in preparation for their hike out the Horcones Valley. The hike will take about 6 hours…
Aconcagua Team is at Plaza de Mulas Base Camp… and Mendoza!
It has been a busy couple of days for our team of climbers. Yesterday, they made their summit bid, climbing up in cold and windy conditions. After returning to High Camp, two of the team descended to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp with our guide Aaron Diamond. Brian got word that a work issue…
Aconcagua Team is Back at High Camp!
Some of the team got through on the satellite phone before the connection was lost, but Veronica, Peter and Reinette were able to pass along their thoughts from 20,000′ above South America. The summit push today was difficult, with a good amount of new snow having fallen over the past few days. The team really…
Aconcagua Team on the Summit!
Our guide Aaron called in from the summit of Aconcagua today! Congratulations to Aaron, Peter, Brian, Sean, Veronica, and Andrew for reaching the top after what has been a pretty challenging trip. We’ll look forward to hearing some stories about the day in their next update, but they’ll probably be pretty tired by the time…
Aconcagua Team Calls in From a COLD High Camp
The team called in from what can only be described as a COLD High Camp, at 20,000 feet on Aconcagua. Each climber commented on how cold it is and when Fermin called in today, he described it as perhaps the coldest trip of his 40+ ascents. The move up to White Rocks (aka Camp Colera)…