April 6, 2013
We are enjoying the wonderful village of Namche Bazaar here in the heart of the Khumbu area of Nepal. Fantastic trek today up to our first view of Everest, then through the villages of Khumjung and Kunde. This is an important acclimatization day up to 12,500 ft. Tomorrow we are
April 4, 2013
The team all flew in early this morning to Lukla. 3 members flew in a helicopter with the last of our baggage and the rest of us flew fixed wing arriving at the same time. Were all here this afternoon in Phakding enjoying a perfect evening after trekking from Lukla.
March 29, 2013
Welcome to the 2013 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition! Everyone on our team is on their way over to Nepal and from a logistics standpoint, we are ready to start the expedition! The days before flying into the air strip at Lukla to begin our trek to Base Camp are always
January 31, 2013
Well, we finally had a complete phone conversation with the guides, after several very broken up attempts on the satellite phone. The entire group is back at Base Camp, luxuriating in the warmth and thick air, and eating pizzas. Jared continued descending because he had symptoms that indicated a possibility
January 30, 2013
We just talked to Fermin from the Plaza de Mulas base camp. We keep getting cut off in our satellite phone calls, but they attempted the summit today on a beautiful day, but with very challenging conditions due to breaking trail in the new snow. Fermin reached the summit with
January 29, 2013
Belinda called in to report that the team is resting, hydrating, and eating well, hunkered down at High Camp. High winds prevented a summit attempt today, but the team is hoping for a turn in the weather for a chance to get on top. They plan to give it another
January 29, 2013
The team moved up to high camp at about 20,000 feet yesterday. It was tough going, with fairly deep snow and hours of breaking trail. They all made it to camp and established themselves near some bizarre looking rock features, which will serve as a wind break. It was a
January 27, 2013
Here's the evening dispatch from our team at Camp 2. They took a day to rest and acclimate while guides Jared and Agustin carried some more equipment up to stock high camp. It was a pretty stormy day, so they were happy to get a day to rest out of
January 26, 2013
The team carried some small loads up to high camp today to stock up and get acclimated to the 19,700ft camp prior to moving up there to sleep. They came back down to Camp 2 to spend another night down there at about 18,600 ft. They've been getting some of
