Trip Reports

May 22 Team Moves to High Camp

The team was able to climb up the fixed lines yesterday and move camp to High Camp at 17,200′ (5242m). Hopefully the team only has to spend 3 nights here, but it will depend on the weather and how the team is feeling. The team might be taking a rest day today, as most teams…

May 26 Arrives at Camp 3

The team has arrived at Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m)! Getting to this point is always pretty exciting. There are typically a lot of teams congregated here as they wait to move to High Camp and put in their summit bid. It’s always a great opportunity to meet people from all over. Now the team…

May 22 Team Rest Day at Camp 3

Kathryn updates us from Camp 3 last night. The team took a well deserved and no doubt much needed rest day. Rest days at Camp 3 can sometimes include walking to the Edge of The World as pictured below. Or skills practice including using ascenders and running belays with ice pickets. The team is probably…

May 29 Team Caches at 10,200′

One of our guides, Kyle Horner, called in last night. The team was able to put in a cache at 10,200′ (3108m), a little over halfway to Camp 2. Caching is an expedition style of climbing that allows teams to lighten their packs as well as acclimatize to the altitude. The team choses food, fuel, and…

May 24 Ski Team Recon at Camp 3

The ski team did some skiing above Camp 3 today. There are several “couloirs” (think rock chutes) coming off of the summit ridge that drop several thousand feet down to Camp 3. The apron (lower reaches of the run, where the rock chute opens up into a basin) of these couloirs often offers some good…

May 22 Team Caches at 16,200′

Yesterday the team left a cache at 16,200′ (4937m). The team climbed up from Camp 3 about 1,000′ (304m) or so to the bottom of the fixed lines. This usually takes a couple hours. From here the team clipped their ascenders into the fixed lines. An ascender is a progress capture device. It allows the…