Everest 2016: Expedition Communication Gear – Updated June 2018
Updated June 2018 As the Everest 2016 season approaches, many climbers are researching how to stay in touch with loved ones back home. […]
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Movie Review: Everest – As Close to Being There Yourself
If you want to climb Mt. Everest, s take two hours to see the new Hollywood version of the 1996 disaster, but […]
Top 10 Everest Myths
Hollywood and independent filmmakers have found that a well crafted climbing movie, ask especially one about Everest, makes money. The film, Everest, […]
Everest 2015: Season Summary – Summits Don’t Matter
Over 9, 000 people died in April 2015 from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu. And no one summited Everest – from […]
Everest 2015: The Cost to Climb Everest
This post was first created in December 2014 anticipating the Everest 2105 spring season. I will updated it in late 2015 for […]
Everest 2014: What’s More Important: Mental or Physical Toughness?
Some people say climbing Everest is mostly mental not physical but I beg to differ. Climbing Everest is about ands. The first […]
Getting in Everest Shape
Believe it or not climbers attempting Everest in the spring of 2014 leave home in only 171 days, a little under 6 […]
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: What is the Easiest Route on Everest?
A trick question, I know! In all seriousness there are no “easy” routes up Everest, search just degrees of difficulty. The so-called […]
Bodies on Everest
My wife and I signed the “body disposal form” and sat quietly for a moment. That was in 1998 prior to my […]