Everest 2013: A Sherpa Finally Talks About the Fight
On April 27th, s 2013, a fight broke out on Everest with ramifications that still echo four months later. It involved Sherpas […]
Category: Everest 2013 Coverage
Everest 2013: Season Recap: Summits, Records and Fights
Everest 2013 was a good year for most climbers but a difficult one for the professionals. Overall it could be termed a […]
Everest 2013: Ladder on the Hillary Step? A Bad Idea
At the end of each Everest season, operators and officials review the results. They look mostly at the number of summits, deaths, […]
Everest 2013 Team Locations
Welcome to Alan Arnette’s Everest 2013 coverage My coverage is based on my own experiences, research, sources, and public information. I try […]
Everest 2013: Weekend Update May 26
This past week was about as good as it gets on Everest. The winds were manageable, look the crowds tolerable and the […]
Everest 2013: Cleaning the Mountain, 9th Death
As most members are in Kathmandu or even home, the Sherpas continue to work hard on Everest. This end game on the […]
Everest 2013: More Summits, It is Not Over!
Climbing Everest is all about timing. And a few climbers are proving that they can sneak in a few summits after the […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 8 Recap
If this was the last night for Everest 2013 summits, advice it was a good one. But I learned a long time […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 7 Recap and Summit Wave 8: Update 3
Update 3 80 year-old Japanese Miura Yiuchiro summits, setting an age record. Over 50 summits on reported early Wednesday morning by Asian […]
Everest 2013: Summit Wave 6 Recap and Summit Wave 7 – Update 3
Update 3 Mountain Trip just sent this note out: We just received a call from the summit, we have 5 on top […]