Back down at the relatively comfortable altitude of 17,000 ft our Everest climbers are enjoying the comforts of Base Camp living, and resting up and recovering for the second acclimatization round in the next few days. They had a great first round up to Camp 2 where they spent several nights at over 21,000 ft…
The team is all back at Base Camp, luxuriating in the (relatively!) thick air and enjoying all the amenities that come with it! They awoke at 5 am and departed Camp 2 shortly thereafter. It took about 6 hours for everyone to descend through the Khumbu Icefall and make it back into Base Camp. They plan…
Our lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in a nice, detailed update from 21,400 feet (6523m), the site of their Camp 2, as they continue to acclimatize on the flank of Mount Everest. The team is doing great! Everyone is feeling good and excited to be on the mountain. They are enjoying the views of the…
Hello Everyone, Today is Friday the 21st of April, and we all moved to Camp 2 today. Everyone did great! We made it to camp in 4.5 hours.Our camp is located towards the top of the camp, with great views of the Lhotse Face. My GPS says we are at 21,300 feet or 6,500 meters…
Early in the morning, our 2017 Mount Everest Expedition departed the comfort of Base Camp and forged their way up through the difficult and exciting Khumbu Icefall. Everyone did great and the team is now camped at Camp 1 at an elevation of 18,850 feet. Passing through the Icefall involved climbing through seracs (towering ice…
Terry Kelleher called in a very nice post from Camp 1 at 18,850 feet (5745m) on Mount Everest. The team climbed up through the Khumbu Icefall early this morning and arrived happy and in good health at Camp 1. Here’s Terry!
Thanks for following our 2017 Mount Everest Expedition! The team is rested and ready to move up to Camp 1 in just a few hours. They will travel up the Khumbu Icefall in the dark, departing Base Camp at 03:00 on the 19th. The Khumbu Icefall is a jumbled, shifting flow of glacier that is…
Our 2017 Mount Everest Expedition ventured into the lower part of the Khumbu Icefall today, practicing the ladder and fixed line skills they will need to employ and seeing the lower part of the route in the daylight. When they launch up to Camp 1 on the 19th, they will pass through most of the…
Chris Jentz called in from Everest Base Camp, as our 2017 Mount Everest Expedition continues the long process of acclimatizing and preparing to head up the tallest mountain in the world! The audio quality is not too great – one of the challenges of calling in mountainous areas… But it’s great to hear his voice…
Our 2017 Everest Expedition is hard at work organizing supplies and acclimatizing to the thin air of Everest Base Camp, at 17,600′. An integral part of every Everest expedition (at least from the south side) is the puja ceremony. This is a way in which the local Sherpa culture expresses reverence to Chomolungma, “The Goddess…