A big hello from the village of Dingboche at 14,500 feet! Yesterday morning we left Deboche and continued up the Imja Khola river valley. After barely an hour, we climbed to the village of Pangboche to receive the traditional blessing from the Buddhist Lama Geshe, given to travelers and climbers in the hopes that they…
April 10: Good morning from the village of Deboche! It is a crisp cold morning up here at over 12,000 ft in the Khumbu Valley as we wake to the sun hitting the high peaks that surround us. Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and Ama Dablam are framed out the dining room window of the Rivendell…
Here are some images from our team’s trek above Nanche Bazaar, in Nepal, en route to Mount Everest Base Camp:
April 8, 2016 Ben here with today’s update from the beautiful village of Namche Bazaar. This morning we woke up to a nearly cloudless sky with seemingly endless mountain views. After a leisurely breakfast we took advantage of the beautiful weather to hike 1,500 feet above Namche to the Everest View Hotel at 12,700 feet…
It was another beautiful day in the Himalayas today. We’ve made lot’s of progress since the last post and tonight we are in the village of Namche Bazaar, the hub of the Khumbu region. Yesterday morning we left Kathmandu by plane and helicopter and landed in Lukla where the trekking began. The team was excited…
Mountain Trip is back in Nepal again this spring with an Expedition to climb Mount Everest, and a trek to Everest Base Camp. It’s been a tough couple of years in Nepal, and they are still recovering from the earthquake last season, but our local team is as excited as we are to get underway…
Hello and thank you for following the 2015 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition. Unfortunately, the expedition ended on May 25th after a 7.9 earthquake hit Nepal. I was sitting in my tent just before lunch when I felt the earthquake. I knew that there was a lot of avalanche hazard all around Everest Base Camp (EBC),…
It’s been a super challenging time for the entire country of Nepal, and our team who has been there and witnessed the destruction and suffering of the people have had a life experience they will never forget. There has been a stream of bad news coming from Nepal, but there was a small bright spot…
There are many organizations contributing time, money and resources to the relief effort in Nepal. The devastation as a result of the recent earthquake is still beyond calculation and the need for both short and long term assistance is dire. Mountain Trip is supporting the Dzi Foundation, which assists remote villages in eastern Nepal. The…
Jacob called in another update from Everest Base Camp, where he has been helping clean up after the earthquake and avalanche of five days ago. He describes the scene at Base Camp and what has been happening in recent days. This transmission is quite clear and we appreciate his details. recording