Latest Alpinist.com newsMustag Ata Expedition July 2011 All members are back home and the expedition gear is packed and stored for next year again. I think we had a very good expedition this year; a great team, good staff, nice snow conditions and a clear summit day! The Expedition started in Kashgar; one off the last towns […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have been relaxing in Kashgar the last couple of days; eating good food, sightseeing or just having a siesta. Most of our members are heading back home today and tomorrow. I am going to be hanging out here until the 29th, flights are full. Kashgar is interesting and also just outside there are many […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everybody was back in Base Camp this morning. John even stumbled in at 3am! For most off us it was a though way down, but everybody is happy to be down. So at the end we had 5 summits; Asu, John, Eric, Andrea and Christian. Unfortunately James had to turn around at 7300m, he was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a cold and windy day. When we set off for our summit push it was about minus 20 with a 30 km/h wind! Four of our skiers had to turn around (including me). Ski gear is a lot more vulnerable to cold than proper mountaineering gear. I tried to push on a bid […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team reports in live (click here to listen) According to Arnold on Thursday the team might go for the summit! Hello SummitClimb News. This is Arnold again calling from Camp 2 at 6200m and today is the 19th July. We left Camp 1 this morning to move on to camp 2. Today was a kind […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team reports in live (click here to listen) Hello SummitClimb News. This is Arnold again calling from Camp 1 At midday today we left for our final summit push of Mustagata, but before we go for the summit first we have to stay at Camp 3. Right now everybody’s in camp 1 all healthy and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had two rest days in Base Camp. I have been comparing different weather forecast to find out what is the best day to summit. At the moment I have three different Weather forecast predicting good weather for Thursday and Friday. We will go up today and aim for the first Thursday good weather window. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greetings from base camp Mustagata, this is John Quillen with today’s dispatch. I have hijacked Arnold’s computer (e.g. he is tired of writing). We had a great rotation up the mountain all the way to camp two. On schedule the storm arrived as I was an hour out of camp, leaving Brian holding the tent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team reports in live (click here to listen)
Team reports in live (click here to listen)