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April 8, 2024April 8, 2024Everest, Everest 2024 Coverage

Everest 2024: Leaving Grass and the Trekker’s Summit

It’s a huge day at Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side, aka EBC–the first commercial team has arrived! This is almost a week earlier than in 2023. It will be their home until late May unless they are on acclimatization rotation and, of course, the summit bid. The majority of Everest summits occur between May 18th and 23rd. However, the Icefall Docs still have problems in the upper Icefall. Thankfully, most teams are still on their trek, so there’s no problem, yet.

On the Tibet side, Adventure Peaks reports, “It looks like the border might not open until the 17th April, so the team are planning to head to Langtang in order to start acclimatising.”

The Everest Nepal permit tally now has 149 foreigners across 13 teams. Tibet does not report permit updates. #everest2024

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024Everest, Everest 2024 Coverage, Everyday Everest Podcast

Everest 2024: Everyday Everest Podcast Series–Welcome and Part 1

Welcome to the kick-off of Everyday Everest, my new Podcast series during the Everest 2024 climbing season. Based on my 2020 Virtual Everest series, I’ll read an updated version of the story a couple of times a week for the next two months. Everyday Everest follows a fictional team of nine climbers and their personal Sherpas from leaving home, trekking to base camp, acclimatizing, and finally on their summit push. The story’s protagonist, Harper, sets the tone for the story when she tells her husband, Marc, “Honey, I’m going to climb Everest.” #everest2024

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