Everest 2013: Ladder on the Hillary Step? A Bad Idea
At the end of each Everest season, operators and officials review the results. They look mostly at the number of summits, deaths, […]
Month: May 2013
Everest 2013 Team Locations
Welcome to Alan Arnette’s Everest 2013 coverage My coverage is based on my own experiences, research, sources, and public information. I try […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update May 26
This past week was about as good as it gets on Everest. The winds were manageable, look the crowds tolerable and the […]
Everest 2013: Cleaning the Mountain, 9th Death
As most members are in Kathmandu or even home, the Sherpas continue to work hard on Everest. This end game on the […]
Everest 2013: More Summits, It is Not Over!
Climbing Everest is all about timing. And a few climbers are proving that they can sneak in a few summits after the […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 8 Recap
If this was the last night for Everest 2013 summits, advice it was a good one. But I learned a long time […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 7 Recap and Summit Wave 8: Update 3
Update 3 80 year-old Japanese Miura Yiuchiro summits, setting an age record. Over 50 summits on reported early Wednesday morning by Asian […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 6 Recap and Summit Wave 7 – Update 3
Update 3 Mountain Trip just sent this note out: We just received a call from the summit, we have 5 on top […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 6 – Update 2
Update 2 The students from Sanawar India are starting to summit. They are 16-17 years-old: Hakikat Singh Grewal, Guribadat Singh, Prithvi Singh […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 5 Recap
With the good weather continuing, Everest is seeing a steady stream of climbers. A reported 135 climbers are pushing on Monday night […]