April 27th, 2008
Mountain Link Team returns to Kathmandu
On April 26, 2008 Mountain Link climber Wendy Booker had to be flown out from just below Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu with a possible appendicitis attack.
April 21st, 2008
After a long days trek, Mountain Link team arrives in Dingboche.
Happy & doing well Mountain Link guides and climber arrive in Dingboche. The team will rest tomorrow to acclimatize & regain strength as the air thins.
April 19th, 2008
Morning Tea in Bed at Phakding
Wendy, JJ, and Brooke woke up this morning to hot tea in bed as they continue there way from Lukla up the Khumbu Valley. The Sherpa team accompanying them is outstanding and the trip promises to be all that was hoped for and more.
April 17th, 2008
Mountain Link Climber Wendy Booker arrives in Katmandu
Mountain Link guides Jeff "JJ" Justman & Brooke Barnes along with Mountain Link climber Wendy Booker prepare to depart Katmandu heading for Everest Base Camp and then on to Baruntse for their climb.
April 15th, 2008
Mountain Link climbers finish their Denali Prep Course
Mountain Link finishes its Denali Prep Course on Mt Bachelor in Denali style weather!!!
April 14th, 2008
So Wendy are you on your way to Nepal or was your flight cancelled?
April 13th, 2008
Mountain Link arrives in Katmandu
Mountain Link guides Jeff "JJ" Justman and Brooke Barnes arrive in Katmandu in preperation for their expidition on Baruntse
April 12th, 2008
Mountain Link is proud to say that we now offer climbing courses for all levels of Mountaineering from the beginner to preparation for an expedition style adventure in our own back yard, Mt Bachelor in Bend Oregon.
March 17th, 2008
Mt Link guides and the Boys from El Paso summit Ixta and head to Pico de Orizaba
Mountian Link guides and the Boys from El Paso are heading to Pico de Orizaba after summiting Ixta and a night enjoying the local culture and cusine in Puebla.
March 13th, 2008
Mt Link & the Boys From El Paso arrive at base camp,
Mountain Link guides Robert Link, Matt Millar & Brooke Barnes prepare to guide the Boys From El Paso up Ixta & Orizaba
March 12th, 2008
Mountain Link guide Matt Millar and climber Helen "Cokie" Berenyl successfully summit both Ixta & Orizaba
March 10th, 2008
Mt Link is climbing in Mexico Ixta & Orizaba
Mt Link guide Matt Millar and climber Helen "Cokie" Berenyl summited Ixta over the weekend.
January 17th, 2008
Mt Link guide John Lucia and his team of climbers all summitted Aconcagua earlier in the week
January 15th, 2008
Great Escape from the "White Desert" Antarctica
With the summit of Mount Vinson a fading conquest. The real life pleasures of civilization become the new goal.
January 13th, 2008
Antarctica team waits patiently at Mt Vinson base camp for a flight out
Mt Link guide Brooke Barnes and climber Wendy Booker are still waiting patiently at Mt Vinson base camp in hopes of flying back out to Patriot Hills and on to Punta Arenas.
January 10th, 2008
Safely back at base camp on Mt Vinson
Once back at base camp Mt Link Guide Brooke Barnes and climber Wendy Booker once again play the waiting game to fly out from Mt Vinson base camp to Patriot Hills, and then on to Punta Arenas Chile.
January 8th, 2008
Antarctica Heads for the summit once again
Mt Link Guide Brooke Barnes and climber Wendy Booker decide to try for the summit again the day after they were turned around less than 2 hours from the summit due to near white out conditions.
January 7th, 2008
Antarctica Team heading for the summit
Less then 2 hours from the summit Antarctica Team experiences near white out conditions, "Antarctica Style"!!!
January 6th, 2008
Antarctica Team reaches High Camp on Mt Vinson
Mt Link guide Brooke Barnes & Climber Wendy Booker await their attempt to summit Mt Vinson
January 4th, 2008
Antarctica Team has arrived at camp 2
Under clear skies and amazing scenery the Antarctica Team of Mt Link guide Brooke Barnes & Mt Link climber Wendy Booker have arrived at camp 2 on Mt Vinson
January 3rd, 2008
Antarctica Team has reached Mt Vinson Base Camp.
Mt Link guide Brooke Barnes and Climber Wendy Booker were informed last night about 9:30pm to prepare to fly at 10:00pm to Mt Vinson Base Camp.
January 2nd, 2008
Aconcagua Team ready to get moving.
Mt Link guide John Lucia and his team of climbers are preparing for their ascent of Aconcagua
January 1st, 2008
Antarctica Team waits patiently in Patriot Hills
Weather did not allow Antarctica Team of Mt Link guide Brooke Barnes and climber Wendy Booker to fly to Mt Vinson base camp today, there are however hopeful of flying out tomorrow.
December 31st, 2007
Antarctica Team rings in the New Year from their tent in Patriot Hills Antarctica
Antarctica team of Brooke Barnes & Wendy Booker are hopeful of starting off the New Year by flying to Mt Vinson base camp.
December 30th, 2007
Antarctica Team goes from "No Fly" to "Lets Fly" on 1/2 hours notice
Antarctica Team finally got the break in the weather needed to fly so it's time to load their gear and themselves into the C-130 cargo plane, next stop the “Blue Ice” of Antarctica and Patriot Hills.
December 29th, 2007
After talking with Mt Link Guide Brooke Barnes Saturday morning at 7am (actually 2am my time) the news was that they didn't receive a 6:30am "Lets Fly" phone call, they were waiting for their next chance to fly a few hours later in the day. While waiting for that call Brooke took a monment to email me an status update on their journey. Brooke writes:
December 28th, 2007
First Blog in from Antartica team of Brooke Barnes and Wendy Booker
Wendy has taken a moment to give us the first blog of their trip and gets us up to date on there progress. Wendy writes;
December 27th, 2007
Antartica team has arrived and hopefull of flying out to Mt Vinson tomorrow
Brooke and Wendy and all their gear have arrived safely in Punta Arenas.
December 26th, 2007
Mt Link is Climbing in the New Year
While most of us are recovering from a day of over indulging ourselves, Mt Link Climbing Guides Brooke Barnes and John Lucia are off on their next adventures.
December 17th, 2007
Robert looking for 13th summit on Chimborazo!
The team in Ecuador is preparing to climb Chimborazo
October 19th, 2007
Castle Party: Safari Complete! Now to Zanzibar
Team Castle has made the summit of Kilimanjaro, viewed the fantastic wildlife on Safari and now they are off to Zanzibar.
October 7th, 2007
The Castle Party on Kilimanjaro
Mountain Link is leading an expedition on Kilimanjaro and here's a little update on the Team...
October 4th, 2007
The Castle Party leaves stateside today for Africa
The team will arrive in Tanzania on Oct 5th
September 2nd, 2007
Sunday Robert Link summitted Mt Rainier for the 300th time!
Early morning summit with 100% team success
July 24th, 2007
Robert Link is another step closer to 300 summits on Mt. Rainier
Today Robert begins a familiar ascent up Mt. Rainier with the hopes of his 298th summit.
July 23rd, 2007
Kilimanjaro Team is enjoying the local hospitality after their climb
Simon Muty lead another successful trip on Kilimanjaro
May 27th, 2007
Cho Oyu: The Complete Video Collection
Check out all of the videos captured during the 2007 Cho Oyu Climb
May 18th, 2007
Things are blowing pretty hard up high so the team has decided to put off the move to high camp until tomorrow. An extra day of rest certainly won't hurt.
May 17th, 2007
Denali Team Prepares for Move to High Camp
After a couple weeks of bad weather up high on North America's highest peak, things appear to be letting up. Meanwhile, the group has been steadily moving up as conditions permit.
May 15th, 2007
Just in From the Summit of Cho Oyu.
At 11:20 am May 15th (Tibet), the team reached the high point of the world's 6th highest peak.
May 14th, 2007
Cho Oyu Summit bid . . . next 24 hours!
The team is poised at High Camp ready to make a summit bid. The weather at 24,500 has been good and stable for the day which bodes well for the group.
May 14th, 2007
The crew was to carry and move from the camp at 11,000 to 14,000 over the weekend.
May 7th, 2007
The team has just finished their acclimitization foray at and above Camp One.
May 7th, 2007
Weather and the resulting 2 ft. of wind deposited snow at camp one kept the team hunkered down for an extra day and ultimately pushed them up to Camp II in near white out conditions.
April 28th, 2007
Team resting at Advance Basecamp
Trekkers have gone on their way to Everest Basecamp
April 27th, 2007
The team is enjoying the last evenings together
Trekkers will be heading off to Lhasa
April 25th, 2007
Liz Hawley record keeper of the Himalaya
The official record keeper of Himalayan Expeditions
April 23rd, 2007
April 21st, 2007
The spring 2007 Cho Oyu team is taking a day off in the village of Nylam in Tibet.
April 18th, 2007
The team has gone through the initial phase of the expedition. They have made it to Kathmandu Nepal with all of their personal gear intact. Their next logistical challenge will be traveling the road from Kathmandu to the village of Tingri Tibet. We have received reports that JJ is working dilligentlly on the communications network to keep our freiends and family well informed during the trip. As usual he is experiencing some little hiccups to get the system stream-lined in-country. The present challenges for the team are to adjust to a reverse time-line (change the body clock) and a different diet. The mind and body experience a lot of changes during this period. Both from stress of the upcoming challenge and the body dealing with a new diet(i.e. bacteria). JJ and Lhawang are experts in guiding team members through these potential setbacks. We are all looking forward to hearing form the expedition in the next few days.
April 6th, 2007
Mountain Link on Television News
Thank goodness they filmed the reporter, looking at JJ on T.V. can be painful!
April 4th, 2007
Mountain Link's On-line Show: The Guiding Life
This spring's Cho Oyu Expedition will be the first instillation of Mountain Link's On-line Show, "The Guiding Life"
March 27th, 2007
Meet Cho Oyu Team Member Ellen Gallant
Ellen has worked hard throughout her climbing career and she is now ready to step up to her first 8000 meter climb.
March 26th, 2007
Mountain Link Teaming up with Alpine Ascents to Guide on Mount Rainier
It is official, Mountain Link has chosen to work with Alpine Ascents International on Mount Rainier.
March 20th, 2007
Cho Oyu Team just Got Stronger
A new addition to the Spring Cho Oyu Team has just gotten better!
February 24th, 2007
Video: Watch what the Aconcagua Team will be doing tonight
The last team had some horrendous conditions on Aconcagua. See what they'll be doing to unwind.
February 24th, 2007
John Lucia and Robert link lead the team to Las Lenas
February 16th, 2007
Heavy winds kept the team from advancing above high camp
February 14th, 2007
February 9th saw all seven members of Mountain Link's Orizaba Express team standing atop North America's 3rd highest peak. Unless there were unknown winter climbs in progress on Logan or Denali, they were likely the highest people on the continent for the day.
February 11th, 2007
Team 3 is back at Camp 1 after carrying loads to Camp 2
Today the team made a successful carry to high camp 19,200 ft
February 7th, 2007
Team 3 Carries to Camp 1 Today
Team 3 is resting in BC after carrying a load to camp 1 (16,000ft)
February 5th, 2007
All team members have reached base camp, Plaza Argentina, 14,200ft.
February 2nd, 2007
Robert Link and JJ Justman are on the move with 5 climbers
January 26th, 2007
New Aconcagua Video: Climbing in the Penitentes
Dan Windham and JJ Justman leading their team to Camp One.
January 23rd, 2007
Aconcagua: It'a Not All About The Climbing
Climbing the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is just one reason to visit Argentina.
January 17th, 2007
Team Two to Arrive in Mendoza Today
Team Two is scheduled to arrive in Mendoza sometime later today. The team reached about the 20,000 ft. mark before turning around a few days ago. With nasty weather up high, subsequent attempts were not in the cards.
January 11th, 2007
Tents are up and the group looks strong. After sharing in Team One's post-summit celebration yesterday, T2 made the move to Camp I this morning. Here, at 16,000 ft., they will spend the night and carry loads to Camp II (19,200) tomorrow before returning to Camp I for a day of rest.
January 9th, 2007
Hello from the Top of the Western Hemisphere!
Round One Success: Wendy Booker and Lhawang reached the summit of Aconcagua (22,835 ft.) this morning. Josh Jones and Brooke were also on the summit push reaching the 21,000 ft. mark . . . Congratulation to all!!! Most importantly, they are all healthy and moving down towards Base Camp.
January 8th, 2007
Aconcagua Teams: Moving On Up!
Mountain Link has two teams now on the highest peak outside the Himalayas. Both teams are moving right on schedule and looking good.
January 2nd, 2007
Lhawang and Brooke report in from base camp also known as Plaza Argentina.
December 29th, 2006
Aconcagua Update: First Team Heads Out
Mountain Link Guides Lhawang Dhondup and Brooke Barnes leave Mendoza for the Mountains
November 17th, 2006
Coming Soon, "Dhaulagiri: An Expedition Less Ordinary"
Mountain Link offers for the first time, pay for download.
October 30th, 2006
Another Summit of South Sister
JJ Justman of Mountain Link led a final Aconcagua Prep Seminar.
October 26th, 2006
More Team Members Added on Cho Oyu
Mountain Link is coming closer to finalizing the team for their Spring 2007 Cho Oyu Expedition.
October 20th, 2006
Aconcagua Success Starting Now
This week-end Mountain Link is hosting it's first Aconcagua Prep Seminar.
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