April 14, 2013
Listen to Manoj with an audio dispatch from Everest Base Camp. recording
April 11, 2013
Were all up on a peak just above the village of Lobouche. Amazing day, just across the glacier from Everest. Climbed to about 17800 ft. Can see Makalu, Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse. Also Changtse over in Tibet. Have a good 3g signal up here. Lobouche doesn't, so we're all trying
April 10, 2013
Enjoying Dingboche here. This morning we all left for a hike up towards Ama Dablam. Great views and lots of wind! An interesting hike up to over 16,000ft. that not many trekkers do as it’s a little of the normal trekking routes. Lots more cloud today and higher winds. Sounds
April 9, 2013
The team is in Dingboche today. Fantastic place in the heart of the Khumbu region and some of the most beautiful mountains in the Himalaya! Took a short hike up to the small village of Chukung today to about 15,400ft. Tomorrow planning a longer hike up towards Ama Dablam. Everyone
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
