May 8, 2011
For all you blog followers out there, we appreciate you tuning in to follow the expedition. Lead guide Jacob is composing the final entry and promises to post it tonight, so check back one more time. Thanks!
May 7, 2011
Lawrence called the following podcast in from 14,200' camp. It sounds like they tood a beating in the winds on Friday night, but have emerged with healthy appetites, and continued good humor. The cook tent Lawrence refers to is a custom built, five sided structure with no floor. It looks
May 7, 2011
Brian got the phone tonight to call in on behalf of the NW Buttress Team. It sounds like the temperatures are quite cold, but this is an arctic, high altitude mountain, so the team is very well prepared for this. They have been traveling up the long Kahiltna Glacier and
May 7, 2011
Base Camp Everest. May 7th Bill Allen Ephi, Neal, Chris, and I descended through the Khumbu Ice again this morning after 6 nights up at Camp 2. The rest of the team (Scott, Gregg, Irek, and Newall) are putting in their sixth night up high tonight, and will be back
May 7, 2011
"Skiing the Lhotse Face" May 7, 2011 Everest Basecamp Namaste and greetings everyone! We are finally back down in Basecamp after our second rotation on the mountain. We spent six nights at Camp II, which is at 21,400' and had excellent weather while we were up there acclimatizing. The great
May 7, 2011
Chris Davenport called in a report on reaching base camp today, and they'll be posting some pics and dispatches a bit later. Everest May 7 2011 CDavenport from EBC
May 7, 2011
Jared called to let me know of another successful day of hauling loads up the upper Kahiltna. They carried loads to Kahiltna Pass in preparation for moving camp up to 10,000' (3,048m), hopefully today. Weather looks good and cold, reported to be -15F (-26C) at night and destined to stay
May 7, 2011
Henry called for our daily check-in to report that the team had taken a rest day yesterday to gather their strength, eat big meals and train up on the specific skills needed to travel up the fixed lines and along the granite-studded ridge to high camp. These skills include fixed
May 7, 2011
We got a call from Matt when he was still in the ski plane, letting us know that he and John were en route to Talkeetna, having come down off the route sans summit. I scrambled the van driver and before we knew it the team was back in town.
May 6, 2011
'Twas a lazy day for the team today, but the mustered up the energy to take a stroll to the "Edge of the World" and looked down upon the "Valley of Death." Thanks to Jerry for such a detailed recap of the day's events. [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-07-04-31-59.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
