This just in from our guide, Fischer Hazen, on our 2021 Mount Everest team. I think I have found my new favorite high-altitude climbing boot. Full disclosure, I am a huge fan of La Sportiva, as their boots fit my feet well. I use them for all my shoe needs from climbing shoes to running…
Join Todd Rutledge, Guide and Co-Owner of Mountain Trip, and Jon Miller, Manager of Jagged Edge Mountain Gear, for a comprehensive overview of high altitude double and triple boots for climbing Denali.
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,…
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.
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…
“Ham and Eggs” By Nick Aiello-Popeo, 2017 While most visitors to the Central Alaska Range toil under heavy loads on Denali’s West Buttress, some of us prefer the relatively-smaller surrounding peaks, with their steeper faces and lighter backpacks. It was during my first trip up Denali in 2010, while flipping through a well-worn guidebook in…
The Dec. 17 Mountain Trip Aconcagua team had a great day of trekking and are now in basecamp. They woke up early this morning and crossed over the Rio Vacas on the backs of the mules, and continued up the valley to basecamp. The team is all doing great and blown away at how…