May 21, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Yoshiko called in from camp on the Denali West Buttress route with an update. She said that the team has been facing a lot of high winds, cold and snow. They've decided to stay at 14,200-camp again this evening. The weather should improve by Monday at the
May 20, 2016
Mountain Trip HQ received a call from the May 14 trip, who are also socked in by the whiteout conditions at camp. They all reported being healthy and happy. The team is undoubtedly getting some time to update their journals, read some books and play cards. We weren't able to
May 20, 2016
We just heard from our Base Camp staff that our 2016 Mount Everest Team reached the summit at 5:57 am, local time! Vanessa and her father Greg Blasic, along with Mountain Trip's Bill Allen, DaOngchu Sherpa, Tawa Chiri Sherpa, and Karma Geljen Sherpa all made good time to the summit.
May 20, 2016
Mountain Trip Everest Expedition climber Vanessa called in to report that the team is headed for the summit today! The team made the decision to take advantage of a rest day yesterday, so they could spend a few more hours acclimating, breathing supplemental oxygen and replenishing their strength to give
May 19, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Kyle Bates called in an update on the May They left a cache up at 14,000 ft. and then returned down to their previous camp for the night. The team, led by guide Joe Butler, is waiting out the storm and high winds that have kept most
May 19, 2016
Mario, a climber on the May 6 West Buttress Expedition with Mountain Trip, called in a bi-lingual trip update today. Mario said the team is "pumped up (!!)" with anticipation for a possible summit window in the days to come. He reported that although they faced some high winds, they
May 19, 2016
Jeff Dobronyi had enough of a cell signal to send out a couple of pictures from today's practice session above the 14,200' Camp. 14,573' Mount Hunter is in the distance. The team hiked uphill a bit, towards the next big challenge - the fixed lines. The fixed lines are two
May 19, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Pablo Parunjacas called in with an update on the Denali West Rib expedition, who are currently camped at 14,200 ft. Today they completed a single-carry of supplies to cache up high at around 15,000 ft., past a ridgeline aptly named Windy Corner (which Pablo said was certainly
May 19, 2016
Mountain Trip guide and owner Bill Allen called our headquarters from 25,938 ft. (7,906 m) on Mount Everest with an update on the expedition's progress. He, Vanessa and Greg have been moving up the mountain for the past few days, gaining over 8,000 ft. of elevation, as they prepare for
May 18, 2016
Our fifth Denali team of the 2016 season met in Anchorage today. This team all lives in the USA, but a couple of the climbers are originally from Poland, giving the team an international flair. They all have a common love for wild places and a desire to test themselves
