Namaste and good morning from Dingboche! Today we enjoyed an absolutely beautiful hike up Nangkartshang for a day of acclimatization. We reached a height of 5,100 meters (16,700 feet). We left our warm tea house by the fire at 8:30 a.m. layered up in multiple jackets entering into the cold windy clouds. Midway up the…
Hello from the EBC team! Today we moved from our quaintly perched tea house in Tengboche to Dingboche. A five-hour hike up the Khumbu valley took us out of the trees and into the alpine. Perched directly underneath Ama Dablam with a skyline full of 7,000-meter peaks and a few at 8,000 meters, Dingboche sits…
Dave reported from the Everest Base Camp Trek team in the village of Tengboche. This is a small cluster of lodges and home of the famous Tengboche Monastery. It’s a beautiful stop on the way up the Khumbu, with the sounds of the Bhuddhist monks and views of the peaks coming into view through the…
Today the trekking team headed up to the village of Namche Bazaar at an altitude of 11,300 feet. It’s a long uphill from the Bhote Khosi River bridge up to the village, but the views into the Himalaya just get bigger every step of the way. Namche is the “capitol” of the Khumbu region and…
Update from Kathmandu Scott Woolums, Expedition Manager The climbers are all down and safe in Kathmandu now. We flew out from base camp on the 24th by helicopter as several of the lodges and tea houses we use for trekking (as well as several villages) are closed to avoid the spread of COVID right now.…
Today we have made the tough decision to not continue upwards, for a variety of reasons. Our primary reason, and what many people are not even considering, is how late in the season everything is getting pushed back and the risk to the Sherpa teams that are supporting very late season attempts. The Khumbu Icefall…
All ready to go and holding here at base camp at the moment. We are very closely monitoring traffic going up to Camp 2 and the weather. With 40 knots forecast for tomorrow and 35 knots the next day we are not too motivated to move up quite yet. There are some low wind days…
Latest Round of Covid Tests All Negative Today was test day for the Mountain Trip Everest team and everybody passed! Scott Woolums has been in charge of covid testing for the team, and he spent the morning testing all members including kitchen staff, Sherpa team, and all climbers and he was happy to see all…
It’s another long day at Base Camp. The typhoon system that was forecasted is definitely starting to arrive here. Most of the day wet, warm snowfall fell with just a few short, sunny breaks. Hopefully, this will pass over quickly in the next couple days. We’re practicing with our oxygen systems and making sure everyone…
Another day of waiting for better weather here in Base Camp. Nice.morning, although starting to cloud up this afternoon with higher winds in Base Camp. Theres a Typhoon that is supposed to start arriving this afternoon and tonight on the horizon. This system is supposed to bring a lot of moisture to Everest over the…