Trip Reports

Weather and cancelled flights

Well, they are off to a slow start on the trek to Everest Basecamp and Island Peak climb.  The flights from Kathmandu to Lukla have been delayed, and cancelled for the second day in a row now as bad weather has prevented the regularly scheduled flights from occurring.  This afternoon they even got into the…

Mount Kenya – Cool Climbing!

Dave Ahrens called in from 14,000′ on Mount Kenya.  He and Sole climbed Point Peter to over 15,000′ today, via a route that was a mix of 3rd-4th class climbing, plus some more technical pitches. The team is doing great and Dave and Sole plan to launch up the 22 pitches of technical rock to…