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Everest/Lhotse 2016: Huge Winds Stop Summits

After a span of six consecutive summit days, the jet stream got revenge today with high winds that have stopped summit pushes and […]

Once again the Everest 2016 teams are getting summits from the Nepal side but they are having to work for it dealing with high […]

Gambling that the current high winds will let up during the summit climb, multiple climbers and at least one team, Adventure Global are on […]

After a few individuals – three foreigners and three Sherpas – summited just after nine Sherpas fixed the route to the summit, the first […]

For the first time since May 24, 2013, climbers officially summited Everest from Nepal. First this year was the rope fixing team of nine […]

Before I get to an interview with a new face on Everest, a quick update on the summit push news from the […]

With a narrow summit window opening, many teams are rushing to make their summit bid while many veterans are content to wait this one out. […]

What can I say but 2016 continues to progress like the seasons of old – acclimatization rotations getting completed, ropes put up to […]

The spring Everest season continues to move along nicely. A bit of snowfall this past week slowed the rope fixers down but […]

Everest/Lhotse 2016 carries on as smoothly as a season goes, and now without me. I’ll get to my situation in a moment […]