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December 31, 2017December 31, 2017Climbing News, Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Everest 2018 Coverage, K2, K2 2017 Coverage, K2 2018 Coverage

K2 and Everest Winter Teams on the Move

Pumori

The Polish K2 team is now in Pakistan and the Everest team in the Khumbu. It will be weeks before they begin […]

December 22, 2017December 31, 2017Climbing News, Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Everest 2018 Coverage, Everest News, K2, K2 2017 Coverage, K2 2018 Coverage

K2 and Everest Winter Climbs are on!

MIlky Way from Everest Base Camp

After months of speculation, Alex Txikon will return to attempt a winter, no supplemental oxygen summit of Everest. And the Polish K2 […]

August 22, 2017April 6, 2019Climbing News, Everest 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

Young Sherpa Brought to U.S. Before Amputation

Sange Sherpa

One of the tragic stories from Everest 2017 was of Dawa Sange Sherpa who had all of his fingers severely frostbitten while […]

June 22, 2017Climbing News, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: Loose Ends

Class 4 Hillary Step

Now that the last summits of Everest 2017 are about a month old, there are a few storylines that continue to get […]

June 7, 2017June 10, 2017Everest 2017 Coverage

Climber Selfishness Causes China to Close Autumn Climbs

Cho Oyu route

Without thinking of anyone else but himself, Polish climber Janusz Adam Adamski, 49, made an illegal traverse from China to Nepal this Everest 2017 season. […]

June 5, 2017April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2017: Season Summary – A Mountain with Two Sides

Khumbu Icefall 2017. courtesy of Ben Jones

This is one of the more difficult seasons I have covered to sum up in one word so let me use several: […]

May 31, 2017April 20, 2018Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Everest News

Everest 2017: Team Locations and Headlines

Alan Arnette’s Everest 2017 coverage and annual coverage is based on my own Everest and K2 summits and climb experiences, research, sources, […]

May 27, 2017April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2017: Weekend Update May 27

Kami Rita Sherpa, withe AAI team, summited for the 21st

This season had more twists and intrigue than a U.S. Presidential election. While not completely over, this past week brought a strong […]

May 25, 2017May 27, 2017Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage

Everest 2017: Who is left? – updated

To South Col by Ben Jones

It has been a season of wild swings from the weather to information from the mountain. But it’s not over. Let’s look […]

May 25, 2017April 6, 2019Everest, Everest 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

Everest 2017: South Col Dead Body Report was Wrong

Everest South Col 2003

The same people that reported 4 bodies – 2 Sherpas, 1 foreign woman and 1 foreign male – were found at the South Col […]

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