Autumn 2018 Himalayan Climbing: Sherpas Dies on Dhaulagiri
Team after team are wrapping up their acclimatization rotations so look for summit pushed to begin as early as this weekend or […]
Year: 2018
Back to Nepal for Alzheimer’s
My passion is climbing and my life’s purpose is as an Alzheimer’s Advocate. In that spirit, I’m excited to share this announcement […]
Autumn 2018 Himalayan Climbing Moving Along
The Autumn Himalayan climbing season continues to progress without a lot of drama or fanfare. The supply situation on Manaslu seems to […]
Autumn 2018 Himalayan Climbing Has Poor Start on Manalsu
With the finger pointing underway, climbers are caught in the middle between the largest operator, Seven Summits Treks and the Nepal Government. […]
Autumn 2018 Himalayan Climbing Begins
If it is early September, it must mean a migration to the big mountains of Tibet and Nepal. After being closed to […]
Nepal Guide Fined and Climbers Sentenced to Jail for forged Everest Permits
News broke in July, 2018 that Sherpa owned and operated guide company, Seven Summits Treks (SST), had forged Everest climbing permits for […]
Everest Rescue Scams Expose Corruption Across Nepal
A war has been brewing between the Everest rescue/insurance companies and the local operators for years now. This summer the battle hit […]
Update: 2018 Oxygen Failure on Everest – Regulator Recall
Followers of the Everest 2018 spring climbing season will recall that a few teams experienced a failure of their supplemental oxygen systems […]
My Summit Video from the 2014 K2 Climb
It took a while but I finally got around to editing all my K2 video clips from our 2014 summit climb into […]
HBO Special on Everest: A Missed Opportunity
I’ve been an avid fan of HBO Real Sports for years, but when it comes to Everest, they seem to miss golden […]