April 30, 2012 George called in from Bona Base Camp where the team is patiently waiting for a weather window big enough for bush pilot, Paul Klaus, to fly in and scoop them off the glacier. The current weather is pretty good, but they’re in and out of the clouds preventing good enough visibility for […]
April 30, 2012 On Everest, the Classic climbers and Lhotse climbers are wrapping up their first acclimatization rotation and are heading down to Base Camp. Meanwhile, the Hybrid climbers have now moved back up to Camp 2, for their second rotation. The Sherpa fixing team is getting close to reaching the South Col. See the […]
April 28, 2012 George just checked in via sat phone… the team is now back at camp after a successful day on the upper mountain of Mt. Bona. They didn’t quite tag the top, but all members of the team had a great day climbing on the 16,421ft. extinct/dormant shield volcano in Wrangell/St. Elias National […]
April 27, 2012 Quick call from George Dunn this evening reporting that the team was socked in again today. They’ve got one more contingency day before they surrender to the power of Mt. Bona. No worries – they’re having a blast and have enjoyed every minute of the climb thus far. More tomorrow… Tye Chapman
April 27, 2012 Everything is going well in Nepal for our IMG teams. Greg Vernovage reports that the Everest and Lhotse Sherpa teams have now established the route to Camp 3, and the IMG climbers have all been up to Camp 2 now for acclimatization. The Hybrid team will be starting their second rotation tomorrow, […]
April 26, 2012 Just off the phone from George who reports that today was their first truly warm and sunny day. They used it wisely, exploring the upper mountain looking for a solid route up high. They were successful in finding a route up to 14K (they’re at 12K now). They’re running short on days […]
April 26, 2012 It’s been a fantastic week in Smith Rocks! Yesterday, after some smaller objectives earlier in the week, we set our sights high and went after one of America’s classic climbs – Monkey Face, via the west face variation. “The Monkey†as the locals call it, is a 500 ft freestanding pillar. From […]
April 26, 2012 I spoke to IMG Guide Eben Reckord by sat phone and he reports that everything is going well. Yesterday saw Eben, Thunang, and Phinjo pushing the route up to Camp 2, near the ridge crest. It was exciting for them to finally gain the ridge crest, and see the route up […]
April 25, 2012 George called in once more from Base Camp on Mt. Bona yesterday afternoon reporting that though they had found a great route up to Camp 2 and had carried a week’s supply of food up to camp, the weather in the Wrangells had turned slightly for the worse. The team awoke to […]
April 25, 2012 Up on Everest, we have now have IMG climbers at Base Camp, Camp 1, Camp 2 and the Sherpas are getting ready to head for Camp 3 in the next couple days. Follow their progress on our Everest Expedition Coverage Page. Down the valley, we have both our Ama Dablam and our […]
