Jordan Romero – my thoughts Updated Jan 2012
The first time I heard that an 11 year-old was climbing the 7 Summits, I dismissed it. 11 years old? Where does […]
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Everest 2010 Follow Up- Race for Youngest
Even though the season is over and climbers are back home, the ramifications from 2010 still echos throughout the climbing world. There are two developments – youngest records and the search for proof that Mallory and Irvine summited in 1924. First, the records race. This is precisely what people feared from the 13 year-old Jordan Romero’s summit. According to this article, Sherpa Pemba Dorje wants to find a younger climber to summit in 2011 saying that all Everest records should belong to Nepalese.
The Everest Rescues and another Death (update 3)
With the summits mostly ended, climbers are making their way back down to Base Camp. As they recover from their summit push, […]
Wave 1 Recap (updated)
May 22nd, 2010 will be a day recorded in history: the youngest person to summit Everest and the person with the most […]
Wave 1 Summit (update 4)
update #4: the next wave of summits are moving up in good weather. Best of luck to all these climbers. Saturday morning […]
Injuries on Everest
The last summit window was heralded as a great success by many teams. However it was not without incidents and many were […]
Focus on Everest
Teams are all over Everest today, no some climbing; other stuck. High winds on both sides made progress difficult and sometimes impossible […]
Everest is Buzzing with Activity for Next Window
Excitement is building once again for more summits as team after team left Base Camp for camp 2 on the south and […]
A Good Start to a Busy Week
There were at least 40 summits on Monday morning, May 16th from the south side. It is still not clear if there […]
Everest 2010 Weekend Update May 16
We can summarize the week in one word: weather. After the excitement of summits on May 5th and 7th, teams on both […]