Everest 2017: My First Thought of Climbing Everest, and Your’s?
Climbing Everest is a strange phenomenon. You spend more money than a really nice car costs, you train for a year, then you […]
Year: 2017
Everest 2017: Climbers on the Move
Everest 2017 is officially underway. If you were on a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla over the past few days, you would […]
Everest 2017: The Climb to the Summit Not Discussed
I occasionally read the Southeast Ridge route to the summit of Everest is called the “yellow brick road” or “paved” or something else […]
Everest 2017: Adventure Consultant’s Guy Cotter on ‘Fixing Everest’
As the guiding universe explodes with seemingly anybody and everybody jumping in, there are a handful of global companies that simply take […]
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 […]
Everest 2017: Will Required use of GPS Make Everest Safer? – False Report
Update: The Himalayan Times’ Rajan Pokhrel says the report is false and the chief of Nepal’s tourism department, Durga Dutta Dhakal, was incorrect. […]
Everest 2017: After 14 Everest Expeditions, Why Altitude Junkies is Leaving?
Guide companies tend to come and go, especially on Everest, but there are a handful that have made a significant contribution to the […]
Everest 2017: Why is the Khumbu Icefall so Dangerous?
Of all the sections on Everest, the Khumbu Icefall receives the most headlines for the danger. Why is it so dangerous? Does it […]
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 […]
Everest 2017: Why Does it Take so Long to Climb Everest?
Climbers are beginning to pack their duffle bags in preparation to leave for Kathmandu. But its early March and most people summit around […]