February, 2019 | The Blog on alanarnette.com

2018/19 Winter Climbs: NP Drone Search, K2 Resumes

Update: 1 March 2019: No rescue fight today due to poor weather. In what has become a deadly sad and uncertain season, […]

Update 28 February 21:00 local time: First Helicopter search completed with Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara on board. He reports seeing their tent […]

After having no contact for two days, the home team and base camp crew for British climber Tom Ballard, 30, and Italian […]

UPDATE Tuesday February 26: All K2 teams have returned to base camp due to strong winds If you are in the camp […]

With lots of buzz about the new rules from China and banning tourists from going Everest Base Camp on the Tibet side, […]

UPDATE 25 February: The weather, while still bad, calmed enough to allow Txikon and his Sherpas to reach Camp 2 and the […]

As per the forecast, high winds kept teams quiet on K2 this week but have now let up and they are planning […]

As had been predicted, high winds are hitting K2 Base Camp and everyone is holding tight for the storm to pass. The […]

With the spring Everest climbing season only six weeks away, the well-publicized insurance fraud in Nepal heats back up while China seems […]

Excellent progress on K2 over the weekend with both teams moving well but more bad weather in the forecast including wind chills […]