Well I suppose it is time to wrap up the dispatches from our amazingly successful 2011 Everest Expedition. First of all I’d like to thank all of the family and friends of the climbers this year who supported each of them on this long journey. I’d also like to thank our team of Sherpa who,…
Video from the summit! Beautiful day at over 29,000 ft! Posted by Scott Woolums [wpvideo 1BqiyI8y]
Welcome to the end of the season from Kathmandu! Everything has been wrapped up here. With all members back home or on their way. The weather has changed here to very Monsoony! Warm with afternoon thunderstorms. Its actually very nice, not as crowded, with lots of good friends here. A very good season, 100% success…
Bill Allen, Kathmandu May 24th What a whirlwind… It’s only been a couple of days since we stood on top of Mt Everest, and here we are back in Kathmandu at the luxury of the Hyatt Hotel. Yesterday Ephi, Chris, Neal, and I flew here via helicopter directly from base camp. The rest of the…
Yahoo! We are all back in Base Camp after a long few days. The whole group summitted on May 20th on a perfect day. We had an absolutely beautiful sunrise over Tibet on our way up. Everyone did very well with no problems or issues. Yesterday saw us descend from Camp 4 at the South…
Bill called this morning and we then received a podcast from Neal Beidleman, both informing us that the team is safely back at Camp 2, and looking forward to one more day of downward travel before returning to Base Camp. It sounds like summit day was a really nice one, with some clouds wafting about,…
Listen to Scott Woolums as he gives us the update! [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3bd8cdd767b089e2d64109ec56262b1006c2263f.mp3]
Scott called from Camp 4 a few hours ago to report that everyone is safe and sound and thrilled with their summit day. It sounds like a perfect day for the ascent, and although they had a bit of snow on the descent; they had amazing views from the top of the world!
Hi All, I received a message from Scott that was pretty garbled, but it sounded like they were down at high camp. I’m sitting aboard a plane that is preparing to fly, so I cannot post until we land in about six hours. I’ll confirm that they are back in camp as soon as I…