Everest by the Numbers: The Latest Summit Stats
For those who love Everest, the arrival of the official summit numbers is always a milestone. The Himalayan Database was updated with […]
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New Everest Permit Fee System
Nepal has long required climbers to form teams of 7 to 15 members in order to pay the lowest permit fee for […]
Oxygen on Everest – Reviewing the Options – Updated
Climbing Everest with supplemental oxygen has become standard for 97.1% of all climbers starting with Mallory and Irvine in 1924. As with […]
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 […]
New Everest Rules Won’t Help
In an effort to “restore dignity” to Everest, the Nepal Ministry of Tourism announced a new set of rules effective for the […]
Last of 1953 Everest Team Dies, George Lowe
The last surviving member of the historic 1953 Everest team has died in the UK at age 89. George Wallace Lowe was […]
Everest 2013: The Ethics of Everest Reporting
Some teams are leaving home this week for Kathmandu to start their journeys hoping to reach the top of the world in […]
A Different View of Everest: 3.82 billion pixels
David Breashears now runs GlacierWorks to bring awareness to receding glaciers. You may know Breashears’ name as the filmmaker behind the Everest […]
Preparing for Everest – 6 Months Out
On April 1, 2013, only six months away, Kathmandu will be teaming with aspiring climbers preparing to head towards base camp on […]
Everest Deserves Respect
Over four days in May 2012, around 250 Westerners and 270 Sherpas and Tibetans support climbers summited Mt. Everest. For many, attaining […]