Everest 2017: Free vs. Paid Weather Forecasts
We all know that weather can make or break an Everest summit, or the entire season. With so many climbers this year, […]
Tag: Everest 2017 Coverage
Everest 2017: Climbing the North Side with Jon Gupta, an Interview
A lot of attention is given to the Nepal side of Everest. It has more people, the risks are promoted heavily by […]
Everest 2017: Weekend Update April 2
Kathmandu has become flooded with climbers in addition to the normal spring trekkers. The hotels are full, the restaurants noisy and an […]
Everest 2017: Interview with Jim Davidson
Those who have followed me most likely already know Jim Davidson. Jim is well known as a professional speaking and his own survival […]
Everest 2017: My First Thought of Climbing Everest, and Your’s?
Climbing Everest is a strange phenomenon. You spend more money than a really nice car costs, you train for a year, then you […]
Everest 2017: Climbers on the Move
Everest 2017 is officially underway. If you were on a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla over the past few days, you would […]
Everest 2017: The Climb to the Summit Not Discussed
I occasionally read the Southeast Ridge route to the summit of Everest is called the “yellow brick road” or “paved” or something else […]
Everest 2017: Adventure Consultant’s Guy Cotter on ‘Fixing Everest’
As the guiding universe explodes with seemingly anybody and everybody jumping in, there are a handful of global companies that simply take […]
Everest 2017: Weather Watch
Sherpas are already at Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side establishing camps. The Icefall Doctors have also arrived and will start building the route […]
Everest 2017: Will Required use of GPS Make Everest Safer? – False Report
Update: The Himalayan Times’ Rajan Pokhrel says the report is false and the chief of Nepal’s tourism department, Durga Dutta Dhakal, was incorrect. […]