Trip Reports

Update From Kathmandu

Welcome to the end of the season from Kathmandu! Everything has been wrapped up here. With all members back home or on their way. The weather has changed here to very Monsoony! Warm with afternoon thunderstorms. Its actually very nice, not as crowded, with lots of good friends here. A very good season, 100% success…

May 20 Team – Back in camp

After a long day and a methodical descent, the entire expedition is back in camp and eating a well-deserved meal in their tents, the entire team made the summit.  People are tired but doing well, the focus now is to get everyone fed and as rehydrated as possible before they go to sleep.  Rest up…

At basecamp

After moving all day down the Kahiltna in low visibility conditions, Zach and the entire group are in basecamp, waiting to fly to Talkeetna at the earliest possible chance.  The weather is socked in, with reports of intermittent rain throughout the day, but Talkeetna Air Taxi will launch planes as soon as the weather lets…

Rest day

Chris Kerrick called from 14 camp, reporting a restful day of hanging out.  The weather was beginning to sock in, but he reported that temperatures were relatively warm and everything was going great in camp.  Rest days involve some light exercise to aid acclimatization, and 14 camp is generally accepted to be free of crevasses;…

An update

Another call from Jacob at 8:50pm brought in some more information. The team was at the bottom of Pig Hill,  about 500′ below the summit.  They are slowly and surely making their way down to high camp; the rope teams were traveling at different paces and the advance team waited for the teams moving behind…