May 4, 2017
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
May 4, 2017
Eli Potter called in another nice, detailed report this evening, after the team had a tough day pushing the route up the Kahiltna Glacier, through deep snow, to deposit their supplies at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3048 m). There have not been too many climbers on the West
May 3, 2017
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
May 3, 2017
Lead Guide Eli Potter called in a nice post from Camp 1 at 7,800 feet (2377 m) at the juncture of the Kahiltna Glacier and the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna. The team worked hard today, carrying heavy packs and pulling laden sleds five miles (8 km) up the glacier.
May 2, 2017
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
May 1, 2017
Lead guide Eli Potter called from Denali Base Camp at 7,200' (2200 m) on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team had planned to fly yesterday, the 30th of April, but the weather in the sleepy little town of Talkeetna was such that the team had to spend
May 1, 2017
Mountain Trip is proud to help support the celebration of Disabled Sports USA's 50th Anniversary! One of the nation's largest sport organizations for people with disabilities, DSUSA is marking this milestone with the Team Warfighter Sports expedition to Denali. Three veterans from different branches of the US armed forces will
April 30, 2017
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
April 29, 2017
Mountain Trip is pleased to welcome Mohamed and Haytham Zahid to Alaska! Our first Denali expedition of the 2017 season met in Anchorage today to review equipment and finalize their packing for a planned 22 day trip up the iconic West Buttress route. This team has joined us courtesy of
April 28, 2017
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
