Hello everyone and welcome to the 2017 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition! Today is Monday May 8th. We have been in Dingboche now for two days. It’s great to spend some time in the lower Khumbu. It’s a bit warmer, with thicker air, and a little bit of vegetation! The team relaxes in the sun near…
The team is enjoying some rest and recuperation time in the relatively thick air of Dingboche, located at right around 14,000′ (4270 m). Today, they took a walk up valley to Pheriche, stopping for the photo above at a “stupa.” They are eating heartily and trying to build up their reserves in preparation for their…
Our Head Chef at Base Camp on Mount Everest, Purba Serki Sherpa called in a nice post that was unfortunately cut a bit short. This is his 10th year working with Mountain Trip and we rely heavily on him and the rest of our indomitable Sherpa staff. They work incredibly hard and are the backbone…
Jacob checked in from Everest Base Camp, as the members of the Mountain Trip/Mountain Madness 2017 Everest Expedition tucked into a huge meal prepared by our amazing Base Camp chef, Sarki. As they descended the Khumbu Icefall, it was very apparent that the Icefall is ever-changing. There were a few gaps that had not been…
Terry Kelleher called in a nice and detailed report from Camp 2 on Mount Everest, as the team took a rest day at Camp 2, following their push up to Camp 3 yesterday. Everyone is in very good spirits and doing really great with the hard work of climbing at near and above 7000m. Here’s…
Jacob Schmitz sent us some nice shots from the team’s foray up the steep and icy Lhotse Face. The group climbed up the fixed lines to the site of their Camp 3, in order to both further their acclimatization and to familiarize themselves with the lines. Fixed lines are lengths of rope that are affixed…
Looking at Camp 2 on the Mountain Trip/Mountain Madness Everest Expedition Hello everyone, Jacob here checking in for the 2017 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition. Yesterday we took a much deserved rest day. There were high winds outside and above us, so we just stayed in camp and enjoyed some good food and good company. Today…
Our Everest team is at Camp 2 again at around 21,400 ft near the base of the Lhotse Face. They are on their second and final acclimatization trip up the mountain in preparation for the summit push coming in a couple of weeks. They woke up early at base camp (1am) and climbed through the…
Chris Jentz crosses a crack near the top of the Khumbu Icefall Camp 2 on Mount Everest on a clear day! A bit of recent snow has fallen on the Lhotse Face to the left of the thick crevasses above our dining tent. If you lose your shirt playing cards at 21,400 feet, does the…
Our 2017 Mount Everest team continues the expedition process as they rest, recuperate and acclimatize at Everest Base Camp. They plan to head back up the mountain in a couple of days, climbing all the way up to Camp 2 at 21,400 feet, passing Camp 1, where they had spent some time last week. The…