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Year: 2019

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Summit Wave 3 – Cold for 14 on Top

There were 14 summits of this next, and perhaps next to last, window of the spring 2019 season early Monday morning, May […]

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019Climbing News, Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2019: Weekend Update May 19

Last week was important for climbers across the Himalayan. The ropes were fixed to the summit on four separate 8000-meter mountains all on the same day, May […]

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Next Summit Waves Prepare

Everest Plume

Teams are staged at high camps just waiting for the green light from their weather forecasters. It is a mixed bag on […]

May 17, 2019May 27, 2019Climbing News, Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Too Many Deaths – Opinion

Aconcagua Climber

A horribly disturbing trend is showing all the signs of coming to full life this spring season across the world’s highest peaks. […]

May 16, 2019May 17, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Quiet after 3 Successful and 10 Dead Thus Far

Everest Southeast Ridge in 2011 as seen from Lhotse

As the first weather window closed, there have been many summits but also a tragic series of deaths, missing climbers and frostbite […]

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Summit Wave 2 Update and Recap, Kang Deaths – Update

UPDATE: 2 Deaths, a missing climber and 2 more needed helicopter evacuation off Kanchenjunga. Over 32 Everest summits on Thursday, May 16,2019, […]

May 15, 2019May 7, 2022Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Kanchenjunga Indian Climbers In Trouble – Sad Update

A desperate situation is underway with everyone doing what they can to help Indian climbers Biplab Baidya and Kuntal Karar who are in […]

May 15, 2019May 26, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Summit Wave 1 Recap, Wave 2 Underway

We have more summits on Wednesday, May 15 and a few more are trying to get on top of Everest on Thursday […]

May 14, 2019May 26, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Summit Wave 1 – Update

After what some are calling a historic day with summits on four of the 8000-meter peaks mainly by the rope teams, the […]

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019Everest, Everest 2019 Coverage

Everest 2019: Summit Wave 0 – Everest, Lhotse and More!!!

Everest from Pumori

We have summits on Everest, Lhotse Makalu and Kangchenjunga. This is a 2 day window and a few teams are attempting to […]

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