Hello from Dingboche! We have been down here at 14,000 ft. enjoying the thick air and warmer weather of the wonderful little village of Dingboche. I’ve attached some photos of Taboche Peak above Dingboche and Lhotse in the clouds with a huge wind plume blowing off the summit, which I shot the evening of the…
Our Island Peak team was delayed by weather at the dirt airstrip in Lukla. The inclement weather, combined with the peak of the pre monsoon tourist season, resulted in almost a thousand people waiting to fly. Our guys got a bit creative and hiked a short ways down valley to get below the clouds and…
Perfect weather this morning. Our 4th day up at Camp 2. Lots of people moving below and above Camp 3 now. Always a good thing to remember, there is no hurry. Lots of people appear to be planning early summits, but there still are no fixed lines to the summit and the jet stream is…
Were up again in Camp 2 getting ready to go on up to Camp 3 in the next couple days. Lots of people here now between C2 and C3. This is our longest rotation up high, 6-7 days. After this one, we will be ready to summit! Our Sherpa team moved Oxygen and tents up…
Hello everyone! We are back in Pheriche after a solid attempt to climb Island Peak. On April 30th we hiked to Island Peak Base Camp and set up shop. We woke at 12 am and Ben, Tom, Sonam, and I left for the climb. After 3.5 hours of climbing (nearly 3000 ft of elevation gain)…
Scott called in a post from Camp 1 on the team’s second real rotation up the mountain. Some exciting news is that Trudi is back!! Scott and Trudi are at Camp 1, and Manoj has moved up to spend the night at Camp 2, in the company of some of our Climbing Sherpas. It sounds…
The team is all here in Base Camp now. We are enjoying Base Camp life and spend our days visiting friends in camp,enjoying hot showers and unlimited WiFi internet, eating sushi… it’s all good! We have been going over the details of our next rotation up the hill. We’re planning to stay for 6-7 days…
We spent the night in Pheriche and are currently eating breakfast before we start walking to Chhukung. We will organize our gear for the climb today and go over some of the skills required for our ascent. Tomorrow we are going to climb up Chhukung Ri for a bit more acclimatization. The following day we…
We made it to Everest Base Camp (EBC)! We met with the Mountain Trip Mount Everest team and ate lunch in EBC earlier today. We want to thank Scott Woolums and all of the Sherpa crew for making us feel so at home! We are now back at Gorak Shep waiting for dinner and and…
We had an early morning today, waking up at 4am in Camp 2 and starting down by 5am to both beat the heat and hopefully have an uneventful passage through the icefall. As as the day warms, there is a higher amount of activity in the icefall, so we hoped to get through before things…