With excellent weather and hordes of climbers with massive support, records are being broken across the Himalayas. First, there was a no O’s ski descent from Everest’s summit, then multiple speed and the youngest summits on Manaslu. Climbing continues across the 8000ers. So far, 457 climbers from 47 expedition teams—including 347 men and 110 women—have received permits. On Manaslu, at least 170 members were supported by 187 Sherpas, totalling 357 summits, with more to come.
Everest – Ski and Run
Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel, 37, completed the first-ever ski descent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen on September 22. 16 Sherpas from Seven Summits Treks supported him. He skied from the summit, overnighted at Camp 2, then skied to EBC. Previous summit ski descents were accomplished in 2000 by Slovenian Davo Karničar, using supplemental oxygen, and in 1996 by Italian Hans Kammerlander, who also did not use Os but began his descent about 300 meters below the peak.
Bargiel now has ski descents of six other eight-thousanders: Broad Peak (2015), Shishapangma (2013), Manaslu (2014), Gasherbrum II (2015), K2 (2018), and Gasherbrum I (2018). In 2023, he became the first to ski down all four of Karakoram’s 8,000-meter peaks.
For the fifth time, second try this Autumn and fourth time this year, American runner Tyler Andrews, 35, came up short on setting a no O’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) for an Everest climb. Deep snow has been the primary issue this season. You can see his results at this link for his tracker. His team reported: “Tyler made it to Camp 4 before deciding that the snow was too deep to summit in a reasonable amount of time. He’s heading back to Camp 2. Thank you for your support.”
Manaslu – Summits, Summits, Summits
Nepal issued permits to 371 members, overtaking the 2024 total of 308. The five Sherpa rope team reached the summit on September 20, 2025.
With so many teams and good weather, there has been a massive wave of summits this week. At least 170 members were supported by 187 Sherpas, totalling 357 summits, with more to come.
- 7 Summits Club: 14 members, NO Sherpa name listed.
- 8K Expeditions: 31 members, 29 Sherpas
- 14 Peaks: 14 members, 20 Sherpas
- Alpine Ascents International: 4 members, 6 Sherpas
- Ascent Himalaya: 1 member, 1 Sherpa
- Dreamers Destination: 1 member, 3 Sherpas
- Elete Expeditions: 12 members, 14 Sherpas
- Expedition Himalaya: 1 member, 1 Sherpa
- Imagine Nepal: 15 members, 17 Sherpas
- Kaitu Expeditions: 8 members, 20 Sherpas
- Makalu Extreme: 7? members, 7? Sherpas
- Pioneer Adventures: 9 members, 11 Sherpas
- Satori Adventures: 7 members, 9 Sherpas
- Seven Summits Treks: 47 members, 49 Sherpas
Other teams on their summit push include:
- Asian Trekking
- Climbing the Seven Summits
- Elete Expeditions (Second team)
- Summit Climb
- Russian Artem Gurshtein summited Manaslu in two days and 19 hours, from his arrival in Nepal to departure from base camp in less than four days.
- Chinese He Jing, 37, became the first Chinese female to summit all fourteen 800ers without supplemental oxygen.
Cho Oyu – Climbing
Some of the best guides in the world are on Cho this Autumn. Teams like Madison Mountaineering and Adventure Consultants are en route or already at Base Bamp or Advanced Base Camp.
Makalu
Belarus climbers Denis Aleksenko of Russia and Artem Tsentsevitsky arrived at Makalu Base Camp. You can follow them on Telegram.
Dhaulagiri – Ropes to Summit
Ama Dablam – Climbing
There is also activity on the popular pointy peak, Ama Dablam.
Shishapangma – Closed
There are no climbers scheduled to climb the only 8000er entirely within Tibet.
Safe climbing to all.
Alan
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