Trip Reports
Chris Jentz called in from Everest Base Camp, as our 2017 Mount Everest Expedition continues the long process of acclimatizing and preparing to head up the tallest mountain in the world! The audio quality is not too great – one of the challenges of calling in mountainous areas… But it’s great to hear his voice…
Our 2017 Everest Expedition is hard at work organizing supplies and acclimatizing to the thin air of Everest Base Camp, at 17,600′. An integral part of every Everest expedition (at least from the south side) is the puja ceremony. This is a way in which the local Sherpa culture expresses reverence to Chomolungma, “The Goddess…
The team has been enjoying beautiful weather on their trek up into the heart of the Himalayas over the last few days. They spent last night in the village of Lobuche, and are planning to head on up to base camp tomorrow! Everyone is moving really well and it sounds like the team is having…
Hello from Deboche! The last two nights we spent in Namche Bazar. We enjoyed the busy little village filled with tiny shops and bakeries. On our rest day we went for a pleasant hike to a cafe with a great view of Everest, Lhotse, and Ama Dablam. Today we left early to have the trail…
The climbers are on their way to Everest base camp and spent the day enjoying the village of Namche today. They’ll spend a couple of extra days on their way up to base camp to acllimatize and enjoy the journey, and Namche is a favorite stop. They went for a hike above town to a…
The team is on the way to the airport and hoping to fly to Lukla and begin their trek today! They are leaving the luxury of the Hyatt Hotel in Kathmandu where they’ve been staying the last couple of nights and heading for the Himalayas! Here’s the team: From Left to Right: Jacob Schmitz, Terry…
Welcome to the Mountain Trip 2017 Everest Expedition Dispatches! The Everest climbing season is underway and climbers from around the world have been descending on Kathmandu for the last couple of weeks with dreams of climbing to the top of the world! The Mountain Trip team is in Kathmandu now finalizing permits and gathering a…
The team is back down to the relatively low altitude of 14,000 ft at the Plaza de Mulas base camp on Aconcagua today. They had a big day yesterday with part of the team reaching the summit, and the rest reaching new personal high points. They completed the traverse of the mountain, and descended…
We haven’t heard anything from the team beyond the two calls made to our Trip Dispatch page. I understand that the disconnect of information is concerning, and that leaves us all to fill in the blanks as to how things went for the four other climbers and our other guide. One thing I have learned…
Kelly Puzak called in from the summit of South America! After a long day of climbing to just shy of 7000 meters of elevation, Kelly called in a very nice shout out from the top of Aconcagua. Details about all the team members are not in as yet, but Kelly, Sam, Chad and Fermin all…