K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – Too Few Porters, Too Much Snow
The 2019 Karakorum season seems to be getting off on the wrong boot. For over week now we keep hearing about poor […]
Year: 2019
K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – Snow Stalling K2 Progress
Only a few teams have arrived at K2 Base Camp thus far while many others are making their way closer by trekking […]
Everest: Nepal Looking at Huge Permit Fee Increase
Its been rumored for the past two years that Nepal will increase the permit fee to climb Everest from the current $11,000 […]
K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – First at K2 Base Camp
The first climbers have arrived at K2 Base camp. Mike Horn reported in that he experienced snowfall throughout the entire trek: Hello […]
K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage
Welcome to my annual coverage of the K2 summer climbing season. I will be reporting from my home in Colorado this year […]
Everest 2019: Indians Fake their Summit Claim
Three Indian climbers came home to celebrations and fanfare for summiting Mt. Everest last month but there was only one problem – […]
Everest 2019: Season Summary The Year Everest Broke
Everest 2019 will go down as the year Everest finally broke. It was one of those seasons where a lot of things […]
Everest 2019: Season Over?
One of the last teams known to still be on Everest made a gamble that they could catch the last available window, […]
Everest 2019: Team Locations and Headlines
LATEST HEADLINE May 31: Season Over 11 Everest Deaths, 900 estimated total summits Welcome to the 2019 edition of Alan Arnette’s annual coverage of the […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave Recap 7 – Quiet Summits, Another Death
While almost all the teams are packing up at base camps on both sides, a few are still aiming to summit and […]