Trip Reports

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…

May 6 Denali Team holding at 14,200 ft.

Mountain Trip guide Yoshiko called in from camp on the Denali West Buttress route with an update. She said that the team has been facing a lot of high winds, cold and snow. They’ve decided to stay at 14,200-camp again this evening. The weather should improve by Monday at the latest, but for now the…

May 14 Denali Team holding at 11,000 ft.

Mountain Trip HQ received a call from the May 14 trip, who are also socked in by the whiteout conditions at camp. They all reported being healthy and happy. The team is undoubtedly getting some time to update their journals, read some books and play cards. We weren’t able to catch the name of the…

EVEREST SUMMIT!!!

We just heard from our Base Camp staff that our 2016 Mount Everest Team reached the summit at 5:57 am, local time! Vanessa and her father Greg Blasic, along with Mountain Trip’s Bill Allen, DaOngchu Sherpa, Tawa Chiri Sherpa, and Karma Geljen Sherpa all made good time to the summit.  We held a couple of…