Top Mountain Endurance Nutrition Strategies for Peak Performance By Bill Allen One of the most important things you can do to stay strong on long days on the mountain is to keep your body fueled so that you can perform well today and recover for another big day tomorrow. It turns out that coffee and…
Join Mountain Trip’s lead guides for a virtual trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, the final installment of out “7 Summits in 7 Weeks” webinar series!
Mountain Trip’s lead guides take us for a virtual journey to Mount Elbrus, deep in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and the highest point in Europe at 18,510′! Watch our next installment of the “Seven Summits in Seven Weeks” series: Mount Elbrus! A guided climb of Elbrus or Mengi Tau (Mountain of a Thousand Mountains)…
Join our next installment of Seven Summits in Seven Weeks: Carstensz Pyramid! Mountain Trip’s lead guides take us for a virtual journey to Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) in Indonesia. We’ve had some wild experienced climbing Carstensz Pyramid over the years. No matter your trip, you’re guaranteed a unique adventure. With exotic beaches and jungles below,…
Join our next installment of Seven Summits in Seven Weeks: Mountain Trip’s lead guides take us for a virtual expedition on Mount Vinson in Antarctica. Climbing the highest peak on the world’s most remote, driest and coldest continent is no easy feat. Join us and a panel of experienced Mountain Trip guides to answer…
Recorded webinar: Join Mountain Trip’s lead guides for a discussion on the experience of climbing Aconcagua, with Q&A to follow. The highest peak outside of the Himalaya, Cerro Aconcagua beckons climbers from around the world. This beautiful, high, rugged mountain serves as a great introduction to high altitude mountaineering. Our panel of experienced guides answers…
Webinar recording: Join Mountain Trip’s lead guides for a look at what it takes to climb Denali as an expedition team, and Q&A session.
Watch our Everest 2021 Webinar and Q&A hosted by lead guides Bill Allen, Scott Woolums, and Jacob Schmitz, with many combined trips in the Himalaya. Reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on earth, is certainly no easy feat. A monumental amount of effort goes into a successful Everest expedition, from building a…
Training for Denali and Big Mountains Are you thinking about climbing Denali, but maybe not sure if you’re ready? Don’t be intimidated—it’s a big, cold arctic mountain, but with the right training, climbing Denali is an attainable goal! We realize it can be difficult to determine if you’re ready for Denali, so we’ll try to…
Waking up slowly in my tent on the slopes on Kilimanjaro, I heard camp beginning to stir. Local guides, porters and climbers started to emerge from their tents dotting the Shira I campsite. From a variety of different directions, the common Swahili greeting “Jambo” was being tossed around. In varying degrees of pre-coffee stupor, some…