June 17 Team – Part 2 of Their Post
The June 12 team called back to finish up their post with comments, thoughts and updates from a half dozen team members. Here’s the team! recording
June 17 Team – Working hard at 14,200!
The team took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday to seek out new surroundings. They made a push up and around the formidable feature known as Windy Corner and arrived at the large basin camp at 14,200′ (4328m). They were thrilled to see that another Mountain Trip team had already built tent platforms…
June 17 Team to Camp 3
The team moved on up to Camp 3 today at 14,200ft. It was a big day with a bit of wind and light snow, but they made it in to camp and are happy to be there. They are in good company as we now have 4 Mountain Trip teams at this camp waiting to…
Break in the weather
They got enough of a break in the weather today to get a bit of climbing done! The job for the day was to carry a load of food and fuel up and cache it before moving to the next camp. They’ve had a couple of stormy days, but it sounds like it’s a great…
June 17 Team – A Riddle From Yoshiko
The team is at 11,200′ (3413m) sitting in the snow, watching it snow, digging snow… Cason describes camp as looking like “The Wall” in Game of Thrones (love the show, by the way!). Let’s hope no wildlings come charging into the basin! Slowing down, tuning out the noise in your brain and just sitting tight…
June 17 Team – Waiting on the Weather at 11,200′
The June 17th Team is waiting for the weather to improve so they can move up and around the steep ridge of the West Buttress known as Windy Corner. This feature can be very challenging in rough weather, so the guides do not want to push it up, unless the weather is clear enough to…
June 17 Team – Heaps of Happy Wishes from 11,200′
Silvia called in a very detailed and nice post from the stunning basin camp at 11,200′, before passing the phone around to Cason and Shlomo. It’s Pride Day and the team gave shout outs to friends in celebration! Shlomo passed along a special birthday message to his nephew. Here’s the team! recording
June 17 Team – A very nice update from Cason
Cason called in a very nice, detailed update from their new camp at 11,200′. The team climbed up into a very beautiful basin, which looks out to the west and is bordered to the east and south by steep slopes of snow, interspersed with massive ice cliffs. The norther side of camp is a ridge…
Greg Harris Reports from the June 17th Team
recording Greg Harris calls in to report: good food, great views…..and a bath???
June 17 trip: checking in
recording