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Everest 2019: Weekend Update March 31

The end of March evokes all kinds of emotions for those who follow Everest each spring. Each weekend during the season I […]

Kathmandu, Lukla and the Khumbu are all filling up with climbers, and trekkers this spring. The last fixed wings flights to Lukla […]

What attributes would you look for in an Everest guide? Number of summits, zero climber deaths, years in the business, experience? Well, […]

Even though its late March and most teams don’t start climbing Everest until mid-May, there are multiple story lines developing for this […]

With little fanfare, Alex Txikon and team returned to K2 Base Camp yesterday thus ending the only remaining team aiming for the […]

UPDATE 2: 16 March 2019: They established their Camp 3 at 7,050-meters a bit short of traditional C3 at 7,200-meters/24,000-feet. This is […]

Everest has become what I call a formula climb these days with almost all the expeditions following the same route, same acclimatization […]

There was a lot of buzz today but followers of the search for Nardi and Ballard on Nanga Parbat were left unsure […]

Another disappointing day on Nanage Parbat. The Russian lead K2 team made good progress and are hopeful they can summit soon. Search […]

The search on Nanga Parbat has made progress with searchers on the Mummery Rib using drones, however, no sign of Tom or […]