April 17, 2021
Dispatch from the Mountain Trip Mount Everest Team, April 17th, 2021. We are currently settled in the small village of Lobouche at over 16,000' on the route to Everest Base Camp. The weather has become clear and sunny now after a dusting of snow yesterday. Everyone is enjoying the trek
April 12, 2021
Acclimatizing on the Trail to Everest Base Camp The past three days have been busy and filled with some incredible hiking, camaraderie and mountain vistas. Following our last blog post, we spent two days hiking around and above the village of Namche. Our first day hike took us out on
April 9, 2021
Whop. Whop. Whop. Whop. The concussive sound of a helicopter warming up surrounded us. It was go time. The rotors increased in speed and with a subtle bump in power the B3 lifted off the tarmac in Kathmandu. We pitched forward, increased the throttle and rocketed off towards the mountains.
April 8, 2021
Namaste, The gang is all here! Over the past 72 hours our team has been off to an amazing start, clearing the first few major hurdles of an Everest Expedition in the era of COVID-19. Following some lengthy travel days for all members of our Everest team, we are excited
April 3, 2021
Everest 2021, here we come! Following a year of uncertainty, challenges and quarantines it is surreal to be sitting on a trans-Atlantic flight making my way towards Nepal. The months of training and staring at seemingly endless spreadsheets of expedition gear lists and itineraries are finally coming to a close.
March 31, 2021
Welcome to the 2021 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition trip dispatches! While most of the climbers on our 2021 Everest team haven't yet left their homes for our expedition, preparations are well underway. All of the climbers joining us on Everest have been preparing for this climb for many years and
March 23, 2021
Welcome to our Mount Everest Expedition dispatches for the 2021 season. It's been a tough year for everyone, and it's exciting to be looking forward to climbing big mountains again! After cancelling our 2020 Himalaya season, we're headed back to Mount Everest in a couple of weeks and the preparation
January 25, 2020
After a long and successful summit day yesterday, the team is now down in the relatively thick air of Plaza de Mulas, situated at 14,000' on the western side of Aconcagua. The team did great yesterday, soldiering through a 15 hour day at high altitude. The plan is to rest
January 24, 2020
Climber Will DeVries called in an update with the whole team on THE SUMMIT of Aconcagua, the highest point of the Americas! The team enjoyed calm weather for a few moments at 22,841', with one of the most spectacular views in the world. Huge congrats to the entire team! We
January 22, 2020
Climber Will DeVries called in an update from the January 19 Aconcagua team at 18,000', at Camp Two on the route, also known as "Helicopter Camp." The team took a full rest day at Camp Two--even complete with pizza made on the camp stove and beer (which the climbers noted
