Trip Reports
Grant Maughan called in today’s update from the beautiful 11,200′ camp. The team slept in a bit this morning, ate a hearty breakfast and then actually dropped downhill to start their work day. A couple of days earlier, they had deposited a cache of supplies below this camp, when they made their first “double carry”…
It was a beautiful day for a hike above Basecamp! After another delicious breakfast, we headed down the glacier and up the West side of the Khumbu Valley to a little 18,000ft high point overlooking Everest base camp and with amazing views of the upper slopes of Mount Everest. It looked like a pretty windy…
The May 12 private Denali West Rib Expedition has officially made it safely to the Last Frontier! The team met up in Anchorage and is now en route to Talkeetna where they will soon catch a plane to the Kahiltna Glacier to begin their ascent of this demanding route. Denali’s West Rib is a serious mountaineering objective, not to be taken…
The May 11th group of Denali hopefulls, Mountain Trip’s second Denali expedition of the season, has just successfully arrived at Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier. Lead guide Joe Butler called in to headquarters on behalf of his group, which includes Bob Baker, who has taken several trips on Denali with Mountain Trip over the years. Joe said…
It was a rest day at Mountain Trip Base Camp today. Spending time resting, recovering, and acclimating here at our base camp is an inevitable part of any Everest Expedition. We keep ourselves entertained in a variety of ways, and the days actually seem to go by pretty quickly here. We’ll generally have breakfast shortly…
Mountain Trip’s May 6 Denali West Buttress Expedition called in with an update from Camp 1. Unfortunately, due to weather, the team is hunkered down at camp with a forecast of high winds and a lot of snow. In the meantime, the team is loading up on calories before they head further up the mountain,…
Mountain Trip’s May 11 WB Team is packed and ready to head to Talkeetna. Bob Baker, a Denali veteran, will be climbing with a guide team lead by Joe Butler. Today the team reviewed all of their equipment (lots!) and discussed the logistics of the 22 day climb. Hopefully everyone will enjoy a good night…
The May 6 Denali West Buttress team called in yesterday evening from Camp 1 with an update on their trip’s progress. After caching some supplies higher up on the route to lighten their load for the climb, the team returned to Camp 1 to spend the night before beginning the next round of their ascent and…
Vanessa called in to HQ early this morning for a quick update on Mountain Trip’s Everest Expedition, who have successfully returned to Base Camp after a round of acclimatization. Before descending, they had reached their highest point to date, above Camp 2. The team awoke and began to prepare for their descent at 4 a.m., departing…
Grant Maughan called in from 7,800′ on the broad Kahiltna Glacier after the team successfully moved five miles up the West Buttress route, on their journey to climb Denali. They got a very early start, but still encountered warm conditions, with some episodes of thick snowfall. Here’s Grant!