June 3, 2012
This morning, a group of climbers from around the globe are meeting three guides from Mountain Trip to take the next step in their journey of molding themselves into a team, which will help give them the best possible chance of standing in the summit of North America in just
June 2, 2012
The team checks in from 14,200'. They spent the day at camp today and are hoping to move high tomorrow. recording
June 2, 2012
Eric Larson called in with a report of the team's move up to high camp at 17,200' (5244m)! The snow let up and they pushed hard up the fixed lines and along the beautiful ridge that leads another thousand feet up to high camp. It sounds like everyone did really
June 2, 2012
Suzanne called in with a very nice message to everyone back home from the beautiful camp at 11,200' (3415m). They are having a great time and doing well. Tomorrow, the plan is to carry some gear up and around Windy Corner, a prominent, steep ridge that drops off the West
June 2, 2012
Yahoo! We flew out from Lukla in a chartered helicopter to fly us to Kathmandu. There had been days of delays and cancelled flights when we arrived in Lukla and so for not many extra flights have been arranged to get the back-log of people out of town. We didn't
June 1, 2012
Matthew Barela called in from 11,200' to give a report and a special birthday greeting! recording
June 1, 2012
The guys called in to give us an update on one of the hardest, yet unsung aspects of climbing a big, cold mountain - sitting tight. They had a bit of a change, as another Mountain Trip team moved up to camp next to them, but all in all, they
June 1, 2012
The May 20 Team called in a very garbled audio recording, which I'm not even going to post, because you could only understand about three words in the entire message. At these far northern latitudes, the satellites pass far to the south, and we frequently lose connections. The team is
June 1, 2012
Our guide Adam Smith called in yesterday evening, to report a successful carry to 10k on the Kahiltna Glacier. Today, if conditions permit, they will travel up past their cache to 11,200' and establish a camp there.
June 1, 2012
Yesterday the team moved camp from the base of Ski Hill at 7,800', up the Kahiltna glacier to a new camp at 9,500'. They are reporting a difficulty with their Spot tracking device but everyone is in good health and spirits, and will keep us updated daily of their progress.
