Hello from Nepal! The team is here and the bags have arrived! We are excited to get going, but are trying to enjoy Kathmandu before flying up to the mountains and beginning the trek. The team here is: Scott Holder from California, Everest Expedition Alisha and David Germer from Alaska, Everest Base Camp and Island…
Mountain Trip is excited to be returning to Mount Everest again in 2015 for a private expedition with one of our favorite climbers, Scott Holder! Our Mount Everest Expedition 2015 will be led by Jacob Schmitz who is returning to the Himalaya for his 6th 8000 meter expedition and his second time on Mount Everest.…
Well, another successful Everest season is over! This morning Manoj flew to India to visit friends and recover from a touch of frostbite. We are taking care of all the end of season details, then I am off to Thailand for some R and R on the beach! Enjoy and we’ll see you next year…
This is just a quick report to let everyone know were back in Kathmandu! Manoj, myself and DaWang Chu all flew out from Base Camp yesterday direct (well, almost, see below) to Kathmandu. This is proving to be a bit of a journey as things can be here in Nepal. We showed up at 6am…
Scott and Manoj are going to fly from Base Camp to Kathmandu via helicopter, as Manoj had some frostbite develop on his feet and we are trying to expedite his descent. The weather below them has been very, very rainy, which is complicating things with air travel, but we hope that they can fly as…
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A very excited Manoj called in a report today, describing the team’s incredible summit day. It sounds like the team had very little/almost no wind, clear skies, and unlimited visibility as they stood on the summit. A perfect summit day! The plan is to leave Camp 2 and head back to Base Camp one last…
Good news, the Sherpas called just a little while ago and said they were just coming into Camp 2 after a long, hot descent down the Lhotse Face today. It is always a challenge coming down the day after summiting. Conditions were reported as windy and cold at the South Col this morning when they…
Everyone is safe back at Camp 4 now following a very good summit day. Stopping at the South Col for the night on the way down gives everyone rest before going down to Camp 2 tomorrow. A really big congratulations to all in the summit team today. Fantastic effort, and what a perfect day! -Scott…