Trip Reports
The team moved yesterday from basecamp to camp 1 at 7,800′. This involved traveling about five miles up glacier, without much elevation gain, but it is a pretty tough day, nonetheless. The views of 17,400′ Mount Foraker, looming ten thousand vertical feet above you are as staggering as the loads climbers carry out of camp.…
Joe Butler called the office yesterday to report a change of plans. Altitude sickness necessitated a descent from their attempt to move to high camp. Ariel Tyler had symptoms that made continued ascent impossible, and our guides recommended descent from camp 3 to camp 2 to have her benefit from the decreased altitude. Upon descent…
Our team checked in this morning at 2:30am to report everyone being back in camp safely after a long summit day. Our communications were cut off, but the summit team yesterday included Melissa, Jason, Strah and Paul. Sarah K. opted to stay in high camp but is in good health. It is my understanding that…
The team just called in from Camp 3 and said they are enjoying a beautiful evening up at Camp 3, part way up the Lhotse Face at over 7000 meters. The weather is great, light winds, but holding steady and a really solid forecast for the next several days. Everyone is feeling good and did…
They moved on up the glacier to camp 2 at just over 11,000 ft today. Sounds like they saw a good Serac (glacier ice) avalanche on the way up which was pretty exciting, but didn’t really come near. There are some active ice fall areas near the trail on the way to C2, but they…
The team moved to high camp today and they’re doing great. It’s one of the biggest days of the trip, and it sounds like everyone handled it wonderfully. They are settled in at camp now and are hoping to get a good night sleep and see how things look for a summit day tomorrow! Listen…
Jon Ryall called in to wish all his friends and family in the UK well and to brief us all on the day’s events. The team took a rest day today and worked on some of the skills they will need to employ tomorrow and in the coming days. They secured lengths of their climbing…
Jared here, I just wanted to write a closing message to this trip. After a great start to what was sure to be an amazing trip up the West Rib I unexpectedly became sick with signs of Pulmonary Edema low on the mountain. With out too many options for recovery where we were at 7800…
We heard from Nick just a few minutes ago. He, Joe Ceurvorst, Angela Martz, and Dallas McKinley all reached the summit yesterday! The weather is still holding and it looks like the rest of the team, or some of the rest of the team, will begin to make an attempt in the next few minutes. …
The Mountain Trip Everest Team is in Camp 2 now and will be off to Camp 3 tomorrow morning. This is our summit go starting early tomorrow and everyone is excited! Came up to Camp 2 yesterday and have taken a rest/acclimatization day today. Tim, Joerg, Albert, Jacob and Scott will head for Everest and…