Trip Reports
Hello everyone and welcome to the 2017 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition! Today is Monday May 8th. We have been in Dingboche now for two days. It’s great to spend some time in the lower Khumbu. It’s a bit warmer, with thicker air, and a little bit of vegetation! The team relaxes in the sun near…
Lead Guide Eli Potter called in after a dinner of chicken sandwiches from the Zahid brothers’ camp for the past few nights at 11,200′ (3414 m). Today, they climbed back up to grab the cache they dropped a bit short of their intended cache site yesterday. High winds and firm conditions made them stop below…
Gustav Deuss called in a couple of updates from Camp 1 after he and the team carried a load of supplies up the Kahiltna earlier in the day. We’ll post them both, as it’s nice to hear from him. By the good-natured ribbing in the second one, I think they’re having a good time! Denali…
The team is enjoying some rest and recuperation time in the relatively thick air of Dingboche, located at right around 14,000′ (4270 m). Today, they took a walk up valley to Pheriche, stopping for the photo above at a “stupa.” They are eating heartily and trying to build up their reserves in preparation for their…
Mountain trip guide Jason Denley called in from 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier, after the team carried all their equipment and supplies about five miles up glacier from Base Camp today. Jason reports great conditions on the lower glacier, meaning a firm trail and low crevasse hazard, so the guys were psyched! After establishing camp,…
Our guide Jesse Wright called in from the basin camp at 11,200′ (3413 m) today with an update on the Zahid brothers’ team. It has been very cold of late and the snow conditions above Camp 2 range from firm to hard ice. The team carried up a long, moderately steep hill that rises immediately…
Eli Potter called in another detailed post that was unfortunately cut off toward the end. Satellite communication in mountainous areas is challenging, when those mountains are close to the Arctic Circle, it gets even tougher. At Camp 2, there is a 1200′ (356 m) glaciated ridge that blocks the view to the south, where the…
Our Head Chef at Base Camp on Mount Everest, Purba Serki Sherpa called in a nice post that was unfortunately cut a bit short. This is his 10th year working with Mountain Trip and we rely heavily on him and the rest of our indomitable Sherpa staff. They work incredibly hard and are the backbone…
Our May 4th Denali team has flown to the glacier on a beautiful day! Yesterday, a group of climbers from around the world met in Anchorage, Alaska to finish their preparations for an attempt on the West Buttress route of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. Over the next two to three weeks, they…
Jacob checked in from Everest Base Camp, as the members of the Mountain Trip/Mountain Madness 2017 Everest Expedition tucked into a huge meal prepared by our amazing Base Camp chef, Sarki. As they descended the Khumbu Icefall, it was very apparent that the Icefall is ever-changing. There were a few gaps that had not been…