Trip Reports
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in after the West Rib team continued to build their foundation of acclimatization with a hike up to 17,200′. They packed up and took off out of the 14,200′ Camp, hiking up moderate snow slopes that led them to the Headwall, a 600 foot stretch of the West Buttress route…
Everyone is tucked in their sleeping bags in camp at the South Col after a successful summit day! They’ll get a good night sleep, and then begin their descent to Camp2, and continue to base camp the following day. We’ll get some more updates and hopefully some pictures soon, but just wanted to update that…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from the team’s Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. They flew into Denali Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier yesterday, spent some time reviewing glacier skills and campcraft, before getting to bed in preparation of an early departure. The route actually descends from Base Camp…
Lead Guide Dan Starr called in from 14,200′, after the team backcarried the supplies that they had cached at 13,500′ a couple of days ago. This was a relatively easy day of work, as they dropped back downhill for about a half hour, dug into their cache and carried loads back up to Genet Basin.…
Melle Van Den Boorn called in from the broad Genet Basin at 14,200 feet (4328 m) with an update that was cut short by the poor satellite phone connection. The team spent part of the day practicing the skills they will need to use on the fixed lines that lead up to the ridge running…
We just got the call from Nepal that our Everest Team reached the top of Mount Everest at 7:30 am local time this morning (May 22nd). One climber, Chris Hill, turned around and is back at the South Col already with several of our Sherpa guides, but the rest of the team stood on top…
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in from the broad Genet Basin at 14,200′ on Denali. The members of our 2017 West Rib team are taking it easy today, building acclimatization and watching for a break in the weather, so they can take a hike a bit higher on the mountain. The weather has not been…
The climbers ascended from Camp 3 on the Lhotse face through the “Yellow Band” and up the “Geneva Spur” to high camp at the South Col on Mount Everest today. After a couple of hours of rest, they woke up and started getting ready to head to the summit!! It’s a long push once they…
Jacob called in from the South Col on Mount Everest at just under 8000 meters to say that the team has arrived and everyone is doing great! They will get as much rest as they can this afternoon and evening, and then start for the summit some time tonight in hopes or reaching the top…
I cannot give much detail about this update, as it is beyond my grasp of languages… BUT- our amazing international community of followers have come to my rescue! Marlies Neefjes called in an update, after the May 15th team had a “great day of walking with beautiful weather.” They picked up their cache below Camp…