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Greetings from Alaska! This is Alpine Ascents guide Nik Mirhashemi and I want to introduce you all to the “Pirates of the Carabiners.” Our expedition has officially begun with our team of mischievous alpine buccaneers assembled, bags weighed, 8 million pounds of cheese on board and a partridge in a pear tree. The team is […]

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Today, after a weather delay and extra night in the Khumbu we are back to Kathmandu! Tonight we will have a celebratory dinner and wrap up the very fun and successful two month expedition to the top of the World! Thanks for following al…

Stephen here with Denali Team 6, now Pineapple Express. We did our gear check this morning and had a pizza lunch before our park briefing. It’s been a busy day but we’re at the airport ready to fly, which seems likely. We’ll be keeping you posted on our expedition but spirits are high and we […]

Our team rested at 14 camp today and enjoyed a great day. . Our crew hopes to move to high camp tommorrow View the location or send a reply to Victor McNeil: https://explore.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=08db5e61-2597-d21a-000d-3aa7780f0000&adr=qaya782faxu%40post.wordpress.com Victor McNeil sent this message from: Lat 63.069795 Lon -151.07862 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to […]

Hello Everyone, Today we woke up early for a 3am departure from Camp 2 for our last descent through the Khumbu icefall back to Basecamp. We only saw two other people traveling through the icefall today and the team make quick work of our descent for a second breakfast upon our arrival to Basecamp. It … Continue reading “Summit success and back to Basecamp!”

Today we carried loads up the fixed lines to 16,200′. The whole team did well. We are chilling back at 14 camp. View the location or send a reply to Victor McNeil: https://explore.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=08db5d86-4660-83df-6045-bd2d98140000&adr=qaya782faxu%40post.wordpress.com Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you using the inReach two-way satellite communicator with GPS. To […]

It looks like our audio update with the sat phone from yesterday may not have posted, but here’s a photo from our summit of Pico Austria today.
It’s a gorgeous day in the Bolivian Andes!

We grabbed our load at 13500′ and returned to 14 camp today. After our group practiced skills necessary for upper mountain. View the location or send a reply to Victor McNeil: https://explore.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=08db5ce1-fefa-5e22-0022-484758110000&adr=qaya782faxu%40post.wordpress.com Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you using the inReach two-way satellite communicator with GPS. To learn […]

Hi friends and family! Today we left the city of La Paz, explored the ancient ruins of Tiwanaku and traveled along the coast of Lake Titicaca to the lakeside town of Copacabana, where we enjoyed a spectacular sunset from our … Continue reading →