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…
Bill called in from the summit of Mount Everest about an hour ago!!! He reported that it was a beautiful day and that Ephi, Neal, Chris and he were standing on the summit. Scott was just behind with Newall, Irek and Gregg, so it looks like the team has seen 100% on top. They will…
Bill called in a few hours ago to give us an update on the weather and their plans for the next summit attempt! The winds are dying down and they can see the stars…it looks like a beautiful day for the next push up high. Click here to hear Bill: [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fc5dacd441e38b8be51bdd69f75ee9c3ca2c10fd.mp3]
Lead Guide Scott Woolums called a few minutes ago to tell us that they have aborted this summit attempt. The winds were too strong, and on the increase. There are about 30 people high on Everest, near and above a feature called the “balcony”. All members of our team are safe and sound, back at…
We got a call early in the morning from the team at Camp 4, who has made the decision to attempt the summit today! We will post an update as soon as we get one. Choosing an appropriate time to make an attempt is a complex process. We use information from the most current…
Greg Mellon began the call early this morning, about 5:45 a.m. Colorado time. They had made it to Camp 3, and were enjoying a special dinner and some LaBatts beer from Canada! Listen to the latest![audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/91eef8c9d11b6d9e41b3d7bee02763f789861c6e1.mp3]
May 16th, Camp 2 We had another great day here at Camp 2 watching the weather, perusing the forecasts, and organizing our gear for our summit push. It was another warm and sunny day here in camp, but it looked a bit windy up high today. We’re all excited to get up at 3 am…
Bill Allen called in a somewhat intelligible post from Camp 2 on their summit push. The plan is to move to Camp 3 today. Hear Bill! [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/e006d133250378b37faa320a7042d9446d199ea01.mp3]
May 15, Camp 2 We made it to Camp 2 in record time this morning, everyone did great coming up here and it really looks like our team is going to be strong. Now it’s just the weather game… We’re still checking multiple forecasts, getting updates a couple of times a day, and still hoping…
After much analysis of a variety of forecasts, we have decided that a window of lower winds starting May 19th looks like it will be hopeful for a summit attempt. We will be checking that every day for any changes, but it looks good. So the whole team is off tomorrow morning at 4am for…