autumn Climbing Around the World
We are well into the autumn climbing around the world including the Himalayan as well as the traditional shoulder season climbs around the world […]
Category: Climbing News
Climber Deaths: Junko Tabei, Mike Powell – Different Worlds, Same Love
This past week two climbers died. They were about as different as they could be: Junko Tabei and Michael Powell. Why do I write this post? […]
Helping Nepal: Himalayan Stove Project
Like so many of my readers, George Basch made a trip to Nepal that changed his life forever. Today he is the “Chief […]
autumn Himalayan Climbing – Second Half
With all the 8000er climbs over, the autumn Himalayan climbing season shifts to the lower 7,000 meter peaks including Ama Dablam. Also, […]
Nobukazu Kuriki on Everest Summit Push – Updated: Its Over
UPDATE: 13 OCt ’16: It appears Nobukazu Kuriki has ended his Everest attempt from Tibet via the Hornbein Couloir or the normal route. […]
Death on Colorado’s Longs Peak
Over the weekend the popular Colorado 14, 000 foot mountain, Longs Peak, saw the first death of 2016. According to rangers at […]
autumn Himalayan Climbing Update 6 – Winding Down
Record summits continued over the weekend on Manaslu while Cho Oyu saw many summits plus some interesting twists. Japanese Nobukazu Kuriki is still on Everest […]
autumn Himalayan Climbing Update 5 – Summits and Deaths
Since my last update there have been a large number of summits on both Manaslu and Cho Oyu but stalled attempts on the […]
autumn Himalayan Climbing Update 4 – Bad Weather, Summits Soon
My last update spoke of the legendary excellent autumn weather but predictably, teams are now experiencing heavy snow that has any thoughts […]
autumn Himalayan Climbing Update 3 – Great Weather
Finally the legendary excellent autumn weather has arrived on the world’s highest peaks. Team and climbers alike are reporting “bluebird” days with […]