May 23, 2012
The climbers left Camp 3 at about 6 am Nepal time heading up the mountain. Our Everest climbers are on the way to the S. Col where they'll take a few hours rest before heading for the summit this evening. Ania and Tarke Sherpa will split off just above the
May 23, 2012
2nd guide Ian Nicholson called and filled me in on some details: The guests that summited yesterday were Strah, Melissa and Jason. The team is currently at 14 camp and planning to descend to 11k tonight, and make their way to basecamp tomorrow.
May 23, 2012
The team carried a load of supplies up to 16,200 ft today and cached it in preparation for their move to high camp on Friday (weather permitting as always). Sounds like they are doing good and looking forward to a rest day tomorrow. Listen to the call. recording
May 23, 2012
Well, the team woke up, looked outside and decided that they liked what they saw, so they packed up their kit and took off for the summit! They are at about 19,000' (5792m) right now, and should be at the broad Football Field plateau in about a half an hour.
May 23, 2012
Well, we're all back in the comfort of our homes after spending 17 days in the Alaska Range. We had some great weather down low on the mountain and got pretty beaten up by high winds at the 14,200' camp. We made a foray up to 16,200' to make a
May 23, 2012
The team moved yesterday from basecamp to camp 1 at 7,800'. This involved traveling about five miles up glacier, without much elevation gain, but it is a pretty tough day, nonetheless. The views of 17,400' Mount Foraker, looming ten thousand vertical feet above you are as staggering as the loads
May 23, 2012
Joe Butler called the office yesterday to report a change of plans. Altitude sickness necessitated a descent from their attempt to move to high camp. Ariel Tyler had symptoms that made continued ascent impossible, and our guides recommended descent from camp 3 to camp 2 to have her benefit from
May 23, 2012
Our team checked in this morning at 2:30am to report everyone being back in camp safely after a long summit day. Our communications were cut off, but the summit team yesterday included Melissa, Jason, Strah and Paul. Sarah K. opted to stay in high camp but is in good health.
May 23, 2012
The team just called in from Camp 3 and said they are enjoying a beautiful evening up at Camp 3, part way up the Lhotse Face at over 7000 meters. The weather is great, light winds, but holding steady and a really solid forecast for the next several days. Everyone
May 22, 2012
They moved on up the glacier to camp 2 at just over 11,000 ft today. Sounds like they saw a good Serac (glacier ice) avalanche on the way up which was pretty exciting, but didn't really come near. There are some active ice fall areas near the trail on the
