Noel was a lead guide for the Seven Summits Club and has summitted Mt. Everest eight times, twice with his wife, Lynne. He has \u00a0completed the 7 Summits with a twist that has never been repeated: after each summit, he returned to sea level by his own power: bicycle, walking and skis.\u00a0Noel is an ultra athlete. He has competed in dozens of the world\u2019s most extreme adventure races, with podium finishes and accomplishments that put him in the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n A film crew was along to document this summit. We should expect the film in 2018.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Bill and his team.<\/p>\n Sherpa guide, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa <\/a>\u00a0missed the summit on his first attempt on Nanga Parbat<\/a>\u00a0saying he believes he mistakenly stood on a sub summit by his own admission<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year. He also is assumed to have missed the summit on Broad Peak <\/a>but has not made a public statement. However, the 31 year-old appears to have successfully summited in 2017:\u00a0Dhaulagiri<\/a> on 30 April, Makalu<\/a> on 14 May, and\u00a0K2<\/a> on 29 July.<\/p>\n Now he said he secretly returned to Pakistan and stood on the true summit of Nanga Parbat with a simple post on Facebook<\/a>, We 8 climbers made Nanga Parbat 8125m Summit on 02-10-2017 at 12:40pm. We had really good weather during our climb and we are all safely back from mountain.<\/p>\n We are sorry for no updates as our friends suggested us not to give any information about this climb. By this climb, I understood that Pakistan’s tourism agencies need to focus on Autumn climbing and trekking around Nanga Parbat area as the weather remains very fine and clear all the days.<\/p>\n Congratulations to all climbers on Manaslu for successful ascent and other climbers who made safe descent from Dhaulagiri and Makalu. Ps: photo and videos will be shared once we are back in city.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Congratulations on an excellent year for Mingma.<\/p>\n A busy season wrapped up with Seven Summits Club out of Russia putting all their team on the summit -17 people as well as Adventure Consultants waiting out some high winds in order to summit 10.<\/p>\n This year was especially crowded on Manaslu as the Chinese had closed Tibet for autumn climbing due to sensitive political meetings being held in the area. No reports of large issues with the crowds as they enjoyed an unprecedented two weeks of good weather compared to the more usual period of a few days.<\/p>\n These teams are reporting summits and I estimate around 250 when the final numbers are tabulated once the Himalayan Database and the Nepal Ministry of Tourism contact all the teams.<\/p>\n Congratulations to all who summited.<\/p>\n South Korean, Sung-Taek Hong<\/a>, 51, along with Spanish climber Jorge Egocheaga<\/a>, 49, are attempting Lhotse’s South Face. \u00a0They established their base camp and are now climbing.<\/p>\n![\"Bill](\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bill-Burke.jpg\")
<\/a>Bill, at age 75, apparently made it to Camp 1 and chose not go higher. I’m sure he will fill us in through his blog<\/a> when gets home.<\/p>\nNanga Parbat – Redux for Mingma<\/h3>\n
albeit, no pictures or GPS track yet<\/del>: pictures are now posted on his Facebook account.<\/p>\nManaslu – Successful Season<\/h3>\n
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Lhotse – South Korean Returns<\/h3>\n
Winter Everest or K2???<\/h3>\n