K2 and Karakorum Mid-Season Update
Climbing teams are scattered all across the Karakoram this early July seeking to summit the five 8000ers located in Pakistan. Most are progressing well with […]
Category: Climbing News
Summit Fraud on Everest?
How can a climber get a summit certificate and not summit? Well apparently all that is needed is a current summit photo […]
Can a Vegan Summit Everest?
Can diet be an indicator of success on Everest? This past year, the tragic death and subsequent focus on Maria (Marissa) Strydom’s […]
A Personal Letter to Everest 2016, and 2017, Summiteers
“I want to climb Everest, but there is so much negative press about it. I don’t want to add to the problems.”, […]
Why K2 Will Never Become Everest
Update 25 July 2016 :no K2 summits in 2016 due to weather and snow conditions. With 112 permits issued for K2 the summer of […]
The Climber’s Depression Abyss
Christine, 84 years young came up to me after a recent talk I gave on my K2 summit in 2014, both a […]
Everest 2016: General Updates
We are now about a month out for climbers to arrive in Nepal to begin Everest 2016 so these are some general updates. Icefall […]
Nanga Parbat 1st winter Summit
SUMMMMITTTTT!!! It “only” took 31 attempts over 27 years but the first winter ascent of the world’s ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat, […]
Talking K2, Everest and Alzheimer’s with a Memory Champion
When Memory Champion, Nelson Dellis, asked me to do an interview for his YouTube Channel, I immediately said yes. I’ve known Nelson for […]
Nanga Parbat Plays Hard with winter Attempts
As expected this winter, Nanga Parbat the world’s ninth highest at 8, 126 meters or 26,660 feet, has stopped some of the […]