May 2017 - The Blog on alanarnette.com

Everest 2017: Team Locations and Headlines

Alan Arnette’s Everest 2017 coverage and annual coverage is based on my own Everest and K2 summits and climb experiences, research, sources, […]

This season had more twists and intrigue than a U.S. Presidential election. While not completely over, this past week brought a strong […]

It has been a season of wild swings from the weather to information from the mountain. But it’s not over. Let’s look […]

The same people that reported 4 bodies – 2 Sherpas, 1 foreign woman and 1 foreign male – were found at the South Col […]

The last teams on both sides are moving higher and higher and some going for the summit tonight. IMG reports around 5:00 […]

A horrible tragedy today on Everest. 2 foreigners and 2 Sherpa “guides” were found dead in the same tent at the South Col, […]

There were summits early morning of 23 May, but it may not have been the best choice to push it. Teams turned back, some […]

As we wait for more summits this week, let take a look at one of the most talked about stories from Everest […]

As I posted in almost real-time, there were many summits on Monday morning on both sides and there were some surprises! Here is a […]

Monday morning 22 May, aka Wave 3, was as big as we expected with well over 100 new summits on both sides […]