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Month: March 2017

March 31, 2017March 30, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Interview

Everest 2017: Interview with Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson on his way to Everest 2017

Those who have followed me most likely already know Jim Davidson.  Jim is well known as a professional speaking and his own survival […]

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: My First Thought of Climbing Everest, and Your’s?

Ama Dablam

Climbing Everest is a strange phenomenon. You spend more money than a really nice car costs, you train for a year, then you […]

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: Climbers on the Move

Everest and Lhotse from the Khumbu TrekEverest and Lhotse from the Khumbu Trek

Everest 2017 is officially underway. If you were on a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla over the past few days, you would […]

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017Climbing News, Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: The Climb to the Summit Not Discussed

Southeast Ridge

I occasionally read the Southeast Ridge route to the summit of Everest is called the “yellow brick road” or “paved” or something else […]

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Interview

Everest 2017: Adventure Consultant’s Guy Cotter on ‘Fixing Everest’

Guy Cotter

As the guiding universe explodes with seemingly anybody and everybody jumping in, there are a handful of global companies that simply take […]

March 22, 2017April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2017: Weather Watch

Sherpas are already at Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side establishing camps. The Icefall Doctors have also arrived and will start building the route […]

March 20, 2017March 26, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: Will Required use of GPS Make Everest Safer? – False Report

garmin inreach

Update: The Himalayan Times’ Rajan Pokhrel says the report is false and the chief of Nepal’s tourism department, Durga Dutta Dhakal, was incorrect. […]

March 20, 2017March 19, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Interview

Everest 2017: After 14 Everest Expeditions, Why Altitude Junkies is Leaving?

Phil Crampton

Guide companies tend to come and go, especially on Everest, but there are a handful that have made a significant contribution to the […]

March 15, 2017January 14, 2018Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: Why is the Khumbu Icefall so Dangerous?

Khumbu Icefall 2016

Of all the sections on Everest, the Khumbu Icefall receives the most headlines for the danger. Why is it so dangerous? Does it […]

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Interview

Everest 2017: Russell Brice “Old School” Prepares for Another Season

Russell Brice is a legend on Everest. He came to notoriety on the Discovery Channel’s “Everest Beyond the Limits” series about 10 […]

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