Trip Reports

May 18 Team – Marcin Calls From Camp 1

Marcin Wlodarczyk called in on behalf of our May 18 West Buttress team.  The team was treated to an extended stay in the small, end of the road town of Talkeetna, due to pretty foul weather for four days.  Rain in Talkeetna and at Base Camp made it impossible for our friends at Talkeetna Air…

May 23 Everest Expedition Dispatch

We are all down from Everest! Greg and Vanessa are already in Kathmandu after being whisked away by helicopter from Camp 2 this morning. Greg has some frostbite and is going to visit the clinic/hospital in Kathmandu to get that looked at and treated right away. Our entire Sherpa crew made it down to base…

2016 Everest Team is Back At Base Camp

Bill called a bit ago to let us know that he, Greg and Vanessa all arrived in Base Camp a short while ago.  Our Sherpa team are just behind them, and will soon arrive back at the luxurious-feeling 17,500′ camp. Spirits are high and everyone is looking forward to the myriad of niceties that “civilization”…

May 14 Denali Team

The winter condition continue to hem guides and clients in at higher camps, as conditions prevent them from traveling safely up the mountain. Jerry, a client on the May 14 trip called in with an update on their stay at camp at 11,800 ft. The team spent the day getting a little exercise on a…

May 6 Team – RULES THE MOUNTAIN!!!

Mario Roncador called in one of my favorite  posts EVER!  Today, the team could not move up, as the weather up high was not suitable to allow travel, so Mario led the effort to build “The Pull Up Challenge!” Our crew dug a pit in the snow and set up a pull up bar, using…

May 14 Team – Back Carried from 10,000′

Lead Guide Sebastian “Seba” Grau called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′.  The team slept in a bit this morning, before dropping down to retrieve the cache of supplies that they had buried a couple of days earlier.  after digging their cache from the snow, they loaded it all up and hiked back…

Everest Team is Back in Camp

We received word late last night (in Colorado) that the team had made it back to the South Col.  They made good time and were blessed with a beautiful, clear day, with just light winds, as they made their way up and down. The team’s satellite phone simply refused to function, but we expect that…