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]
May 6, 2011
Camp 2, Everest Bill Allen Wow, another perfect beautiful day here at Camp 2. We’ve had amazing weather up here for round 2, last night was beautiful clear and starry, and it’s been just a stunning day again today. Our Sherpa team made another lap up to the S. Col
May 5, 2011
Matt called in on the satellite phone, reporting that the team had turned around on the route and had safely retreated back to their basecamp at the base of the route.
