April 30, 2013
The team is all here in Base Camp now. We are enjoying Base Camp life and spend our days visiting friends in camp,enjoying hot showers and unlimited WiFi internet, eating sushi... it's all good! We have been going over the details of our next rotation up the hill. We're planning
April 29, 2013
We spent the night in Pheriche and are currently eating breakfast before we start walking to Chhukung. We will organize our gear for the climb today and go over some of the skills required for our ascent. Tomorrow we are going to climb up Chhukung Ri for a bit more
April 28, 2013
We made it to Everest Base Camp (EBC)! We met with the Mountain Trip Mount Everest team and ate lunch in EBC earlier today. We want to thank Scott Woolums and all of the Sherpa crew for making us feel so at home! We are now back at Gorak Shep
April 28, 2013
We had an early morning today, waking up at 4am in Camp 2 and starting down by 5am to both beat the heat and hopefully have an uneventful passage through the icefall. As as the day warms, there is a higher amount of activity in the icefall, so we hoped
April 26, 2013
Joe Butler called in after a few day gap in reporting. They have had some difficulty reaching satellites in the narrow valleys through which they have been trekking. All is well and they are having a great time! recording
April 26, 2013
We went for a long hot slog today up the Western Cwm. We moved up to just below the impressive SW face of Everest. The last couple nights in Camp 1 were absolutely amazing and were calm, cold with the most amazing moon rise behind Lhotse. Manoj and I are
April 25, 2013
It is crazy hot here in Camp 1 today! We went for a hike up towards camp 2 today. Conditions are quite interesting, as we have lots of powder avalanche activity off Nuptse and the west ridge. Tomorrow, we hope to move up to Camp 2 for a few days,
April 24, 2013
Manoj, our Sherpa team and I had a spectacular morning in the icefall today. Conditions coming up were OK, although we encountered lots of deep fresh snow at Camp 1 here. We made it up, although we were not moving too quickly through the Icefall. After a very hot, sunny
April 23, 2013
Here's a quick note from Everest Base Camp. The weather has been overcast with a lot of snow, so we are waiting this weather system out. But tomorrow's forecast looks good so off we are considering moving out tonight, heading for Camp 1 and then up to Camp 2. -Scott
April 22, 2013
We've had some significant changes to our Everest team in the past couple of days. Some of our team have had a change of heart as far as their priorities are concerned at the present time. An expedition like Mount Everest is a huge commitment, and traveling through the Icefall
