May 14, 2015
Seba called to report that during the night the wind picked up and moved some weather over the upper mountain, so the team decided to stay put in camp today. They enjoyed a nice, hot breakfast and spent their time resting and relaxing. Ben and Udi, guides who assisted the
May 13, 2015
Matt Bohne called in from the basin camp at 11,200' on the West Buttress. The team is now reunited, after guides Ben and Agustin hiked the 9.5 miles up glacier to catch the rest of the team. Today was a relatively easy day (for everyone except Ben and Agustin!) as
May 13, 2015
We have a few photos of the May 11 team in Talkeetna, preparing for the flight to the Kahiltna glacier. The Team flew to Base Camp yesterday, and today they are on the move to Camp 1. We expect to receive an audio dispatch from the team tonight. Stay tuned!
May 13, 2015
Hello and thank you for following the 2015 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition. Unfortunately, the expedition ended on May 25th after a 7.9 earthquake hit Nepal. I was sitting in my tent just before lunch when I felt the earthquake. I knew that there was a lot of avalanche hazard all
May 12, 2015
Sebastian called in from 11,200' camp, where the team moved up to today. About an hour out of camp, an unfortunate event occurred, when one of the team, a climber from Israel, experienced severe and debilitating back pain at the top of Ski Hill. A very experienced climber with loads
May 11, 2015
Robert Lentz called in a very nice and detailed update from the team's first camp on the West Buttress. They are camped at 7,800' on the Kahiltna Glacier. The Kahiltna is a huge glacier, that runs almost 40 miles from north to south, starting at a saddle between the West
May 10, 2015
Team leader Seba Grau called in to report that the weather cleared in Talkeetna, and the team flew into the beautiful Alaska range. They arrived safely at Base Camp, took a rest, and then packed up and headed up glacier. It was a tiring move, in that the team broke
May 10, 2015
The morning dawned clear in Talkeetna, Alaska and the team ate a hearty breakfast before heading to our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi for one of the more amazing flights possible. The team is in the air and headed to Base Camp! The flight will last about 40 minutes, as
May 9, 2015
Sebastian Grau called in from Talkeetna, Alaska, where the team has spent a second day waiting for the weather to improve enough for them to fly to the glacier. This morning, the weather at Base Camp was clear, but it was raining hard in Talkeetna. As the day progressed, the
May 8, 2015
Well, the weather doesn't look great for a flight into the Alaska Range today, and our team is most likely facing another night in Talkeetna, although my fingers are crossed that they might get the call to load up and ship out! Making lemons out of such lemonade is part
