Trip Reports
Jacob’s call today is pretty garbled due to the spotty phone service up there, but they are in the village of Lobuche and excited to be heading up to Everest Base Camp tomorrow! They are all doing great and enjoying the journey through the beautiful Khumbu Valley. We should get much better phone service tomorrow…
Jacob called in from the team’s second day at Dingboche, a village located near the confluence of the Imja and Khumbu rivers, the latter originating from the Khumbu Glacier on the south flank of Mount Everest. Everyone is doing great and they took a planned rest and acclimatization day to help their bodies acclimatize to…
They left the village of Namche this morning after a couple of nights there, and continued their trek up the Khumbu valley past the Tengboche Monastery, and on to the village of Deboche where they will spend the night. It’s been beautiful weather for the team so far, and they are enjoying the journey. Here’s…
They had a nice leisurely trek this morning up to Namche Bazaar, the hub of activity in the Khumbu region. This is the biggest village they will pass through on their journey, and it is a beautiful spot to take an extra day to acclimatize and enjoy the bakeries that Namche is famous for. They’ll…
The team flew to Lukla this morning from Kathmandu and have begun the trek up to Everest Base Camp. It’s a beautiful flight from the Kathmandu valley up to the little village of Lukla on a hillside in the foothills of the Himalaya. They will begin trekking for just a few hours after they arrive…
Hello from Nepal! The team is here and the bags have arrived! We are excited to get going, but are trying to enjoy Kathmandu before flying up to the mountains and beginning the trek. The team here is: Scott Holder from California, Everest Expedition Alisha and David Germer from Alaska, Everest Base Camp and Island…
Mountain Trip is excited to be returning to Mount Everest again in 2015 for a private expedition with one of our favorite climbers, Scott Holder! Our Mount Everest Expedition 2015 will be led by Jacob Schmitz who is returning to the Himalaya for his 6th 8000 meter expedition and his second time on Mount Everest.…
Howdy All! We apologize for the delay in posting, but we had a server issue that kept us offline for a couple of days. The team descended from high camp on the 12th and arrived at the Plaze de Mulas base camp a bit pooped, but happy after having stood on the summit on February…
Lisa called in from the summit of Aconcagua! The team awoke early in the morning, and departed from high camp around 5:30 in the morning. They worked their way up the north ridge of the mountain, first climbing directly up it, then along the east side, before cresting the ridge to make their way up…
Lance called in a nice post from 20,000′ on Aconcagua. The team decided to push up today in light snow, but moderate temperatures. They packed up camp at Camp 2 and made the 4.5 hour hike up to Camp Cholera (aka White Rocks), on the north ridge of the mountain. Climbers often tend to use…