It’s been a very special morning in the Khumbu Icefall today! The day started out very dark and cloudy with light snow, but it is now sunny and warm. It’s quite beautiful, actually, although there was a fair bit of fresh snow last night. We are now back in Base Camp after some concern with…
DetailsHello everyone! The team arrived in Namche Bazaar yesterday afternoon after a 3,000 foot gain in elevation. Namche Bazaar is the central village in the Khumbu where all of the surrounding villages bring their goods to sell and trade. The village is situated at around 11,500 feet and is shaped like a horseshoe. Every weekend…
DetailsWoke up this morning to lots of snow. Not too much to delay things..unless it continues today. We are in pretty good shape with Camp 2 established now and Camp 1 going in today. Still lots of things to move up the hill, but all going well. We are still planning to go up tonight,…
DetailsJoe called in from the village of Ghat this morning and they are getting ready to start the trek up to Namche Bazaar.
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Hi from Everest Base Camp! Another magic day here. Sunshine this morning, another acclimatization hike to over 18,000 ft., pizza for dinner and movies tonight! We have delayed going up till the 21st so we all have a little more time for preparation. Big day weighing all the Oxygen bottles, getting food, stoves and all…
Namaste everyone! This is Joe Butler, guide for the Mountain Trip Island Peak trip. We are all enjoying our last night in Kathmandu before we fly into Lukla tomorrow morning. Today we had a great day seeing some of the World Heritage sites in Kathmandu. We started the day with a trip to Pashupatinath, Nepal’s…
Another good day this morning here in the Mountain Trip Base Camp! The mornings have been sunny with cloudy and colder afternoons. Our forcasts have been very accurate predicting a short cloudy period with improving weather on the way! Awesome day over in the ice towers of the Khumbu Glacier practicing the skills we’ll need…
The Team climbed up to 18,700 ft this morning on an acclimatization hike to Pumori Camp 1 just across the Khumbu Glacier from Base Camp. A little cold, cloudy and some wind, but otherwise beautiful. Everest was in the clouds but lots of other peaks were in view today. Our entire Sherpa team made it…
Enjoyed a very special Puja, or blessing ceremony that’s important to the Sherpa people here. Very spiritually powerful and colorful. After this the Sherpas can start into the icefall and our expedition officially begins! We all have been enjoying some time off, taking showers, enjoy Serkis’ amazing cooking, watching movies on the new Mountain Trip…
The whole team is here at over 17,000ft/5180m in Everest Base Camp now. We arrived yesterday afternoon and have been hard at work getting everything up and running. It feels very good to be settled into one place now for awhile. Everyone is feeling good and enjoying a few days off (and acclimatizing!). Tomorrow we…