May 20, 2012
Clouds and Wind this morning. Reports of quite high winds up at the South Col. Were all hoping those winds drop so everyone up there can get to lower camps. All of the Mountain Trip Team is safe in Base Camp today as we follow events from up higher on
May 19, 2012
The team is in Base Camp now and getting ready for going up to Camp 2 on the 21st. That would put us in line for a summit on the 25th of May. A good time with far less crowding and from the forecasts, it looks like light winds and
May 19, 2012
Paul Pottinger called in from 11,200' today. His call gets a bit garbled as the satellites far to the south pass behind one of the tall ridges bordering their camp at 11,200'. The team is doing really well and had sort of an active rest day today. They slept in,
May 19, 2012
Joe Butler reported yesterday that his team moved up through 30 mph winds at windy corner to 14 camp, with all team members moving strong. As soon as they moved around Windy Corner they were out of the wind, and the last few hours to camp 3 of their move
May 18, 2012
Good News today as the first team of the season has summited. This was mixed team fixing ropes. After 1pm today the summit was reached. We have heard news also from the North side that the ropes are going in there also. Our team is good. We just returned from
May 18, 2012
Nick Shepherd and his team are feeling strong and are excited about the high pressure system. Yesterday they traveled down the glacier and picked up their cache at Windy Corner.
May 18, 2012
Joe Butler, Kaern Bockel and the Tylers carried loads around Windy Corner and cached at 13,500'. It was hot but otherwise the weather was perfect.
