For those wanting to know why its been quiet for the past few months – Here you go! The Last Well has been gearing up for some exciting news and trips for 2009.
As of January 2009 The Last Well is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit. A special thanks to those who made this happen.
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In Vail, Colorado on October 19, 2000, I started my very first “Life’s 100,” which Jack Nicholson’s PR agency has since instructed me to call a “Bucket List.” Never mind the fact that I couldn’t think of 100 items right off the bat. The very first strokes of the pen jotted the aspiration of climbing [...]
I’m not the type of person that ever thinks about giving up or being defeated, but I know I will be defeated – many times in my life. I also know I should accept these trials with pure joy all the while trying to discern God’s lesson for me through them.
I went into this expedition [...]
First of all, I’d like to thank all of you on behalf of The Last Well for your prayers and support during the most challenging moment of my life: the Summit of Mt. Elbrus in Russia last week. As you may have read 8 of the 11 of our team made it to the summit [...]
Friends, family, and Frontliners…
I’m thrilled to send out these four pictures of our summit team climbing Elbrus at sunrise as well as two pictures from the summit of the highest mountain on the continent of Europe! Most of the team arrived home safely last night (Saturday) to a cheering group of friends and family at [...]
At 12:30PM Elbrus Time (4:30AM EST) on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 eight of eleven members of the Expedition Elbrus Team stood on the summit of the highest peak on the European Continent!
Rob Newton, Zach Casper, Andrew Good, Andrew Pitts, Thomas Heffernan, Nate Keeler, Jordan Olivero, and myself (Todd Phillips) endured forty mile-an-hour winds and a [...]
Julie Phillips received a call this morning (July 2nd) from a huffing and puffing Todd. EIGHT Expedition Elbrus team members made it to the summit! Stormy weather, and altitude sickness caused problems for three of the guys but Todd said EVERYONE is fine and did a wonderful job. The attempt started at 3am and the reached [...]
Join us as we are praying for the Expedition Elbrus Team. We have 3 more scheduled prayer calls. Here’s an update from the first call that just occurred at 9am EST today. At least 10 voices were raised together in prayer for you all – such sweet time of prayer I found tears streaming down [...]
Weather was terrific yet again! Seven years ago when I was here for my first attempt at Elbrus the weather was horrible! God has blessed us with unbelievably warm and sunny days. Today was no different. We left the hotel at 8:00am for a 45-minute ride to a beautiful area of the valley. We hiked [...]
Hello friends, family, and Frontliners!
Our team arrived in the Baksan Valley at the base of Mount Elbrus yesterday (Friday) afternoon. The weather is unseasonably warm (which is a good thing) and our guide, Tap Richards, is terrific. We went for our first acclimatization hike today. We went from 7,000 feet above sea level at [...]
