Everest 2018: Season Summary – Record Weather, Record Summits
With an unprecedented weather window, the Everest season is winding down I estimate a total of over 800 summits smashing the previous […]
Month: May 2018
Everest 2018: May 25 Team Locations and Headlines
UPDATED: May 25, 2018 This is Alan Arnette’s Everest 2018 coverage and annual coverage and based on my own Everest and K2 summits and […]
Everest 2018: Wave 11 Recap – All over after 11 Straight Summit Days!
I was told yesterday, 23 May, by Gyanendra Shrestha the senior representative of the Ministry Of Tourism & Civil Avation. Kathmandu at Everest Base Camp “a […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 10 Recap – Summits, Avalanche and 3 8000ers in 25 days – Update
For the 10th straight day, there were summits on Mt. Everest. It all began on 13 May when the Sherpa rope fixing […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 9 Recap – More Sherpa Deaths with Summits
Two more Sherpas died increasing the total to five Everest deaths and one on Lhotse this season. Again these tragedies cast a […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 8 – Recap, Hillary Step Photo – Update 2
Update 2: Teams are near the summit in what is reported as excellent conditions Alpine Ascents: 3 guides, 8 members, 8 Sherpas- […]
Everest 2018: Dead on Everest Japanese Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki
Stunning news that Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki was found dead at Camp 2 on the Nepal side of Everest on the Standard route. […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 8 – Winds Picking Up
As I posted a few hours ago, there are several teams moving to the summit of Everest both on the Tibet and […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 8 – Update 2
Update 2: Moinz/Benegas summited Lhotse a day after getting Everest. This is the 4th 800er for Matt: Cho Oyu, Makalu, Everest and […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 7 Recap – Another Death, Summits over Obstacles
By this past week’s standard Sunday 20 May was a real slow day on Everest with just a handful of summit, around […]