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Everest 2016: Season Summary – A Normal Season

Everest 2016 was a success by many measures. Climbers achieved life long dreams and a country got a break. It was a ‘normal’ […]

Welcome to Alan Arnette’s Everest 2016 coverage My annual coverage is based on my own summit and climb experiences, research, sources, and […]

It appears the Everest 2016 season is over with the base camps on the Nepal and Tibet side becoming ghost towns. I will […]

Why do people die on Mount Everest? That is the question many people are asking this Monday after three deaths were reported […]

I am passing this along from Arnold Coster, owner of Arnold Coster Expeditions. This past weekend two climbers on his team died […]

The summits continued on Saturday morning, 21 May 2016 on both sides of Everest. However, there were two deaths on the Nepal […]

The final summit pushes continue on the Nepal side while it feels like everyone on the Tibet side is going for the summit […]

After 202 climbers summited the morning on 19 May, another couple of hundred will continue tonight looking at 20 May for their […]

A constant stream of Everest aspirants are steadily making their way from the South Col to the South Summit, over the Hillary […]

After the surprise wind storm on Tuesday 17 May, the winds seem to have let up on Wednesday 18 May and teams […]