Trip Reports
Sebastian Grau called in from Talkeetna, Alaska, where the team has spent a second day waiting for the weather to improve enough for them to fly to the glacier. This morning, the weather at Base Camp was clear, but it was raining hard in Talkeetna. As the day progressed, the weather cleared in Talkeetna, but…
Well, the weather doesn’t look great for a flight into the Alaska Range today, and our team is most likely facing another night in Talkeetna, although my fingers are crossed that they might get the call to load up and ship out! Making lemons out of such lemonade is part of the job of a…
The team awoke early this morning and loaded up in one of our Mountain Trip vans for the two hour drive north to Talkeetna, Alaska. Literally at the end of the road, Talkeetna is a sleepy little town, which has served as the gateway to the Alaska Range for decades. The team checked in with…
Each season, we work with teams of climbers from different parts of the world, in an effort to help climbers from different cultural backgrounds have a great experience on North America’s tallest mountain. A Norwegian mountain guiding company called Hvitserk contacted us to help organize an expedition for a group of Norwegian climbers. We are…
We are thrilled to welcome our first team of climbers of the 2015 Denali season to Alaska! Each spring, as the days grow longer, climbers from around the world feel the siren song of the north country. Many are drawn by the challenge of attempting to climb the highest peak in North America and to…
It’s been a super challenging time for the entire country of Nepal, and our team who has been there and witnessed the destruction and suffering of the people have had a life experience they will never forget. There has been a stream of bad news coming from Nepal, but there was a small bright spot…
There are many organizations contributing time, money and resources to the relief effort in Nepal. The devastation as a result of the recent earthquake is still beyond calculation and the need for both short and long term assistance is dire. Mountain Trip is supporting the Dzi Foundation, which assists remote villages in eastern Nepal. The…
Jacob called in another update from Everest Base Camp, where he has been helping clean up after the earthquake and avalanche of five days ago. He describes the scene at Base Camp and what has been happening in recent days. This transmission is quite clear and we appreciate his details. recording
Jacob called in twice from Everest Base Camp, but neither call was very clear. I’ll post both, as it is nice to hear from him, regardless of how garbled the transmission. He is planning to stay at EBC for a few more days, helping clean up and organize equipment and supplies. David and Alisha Germer…
The evening (local time) update from Nepal is that all of our staff have been flown off the mountain and are at Base Camp. Three helicopters flew all climbers from Camp 1 back to Base Camp, as the route through the Icefall was rendered impassable due to the numerous aftershocks in the past 36 hours.…