{"id":38245,"date":"2021-01-29T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=38245"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:10:14","slug":"everest-2021-special-edition-video-interview-with-adrian-ballinger-alpenglow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/29\/everest-2021-special-edition-video-interview-with-adrian-ballinger-alpenglow\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2021: Special Edition &#8211; Video Interview with Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0As I covered in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/everest-2021-should-could-would\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/everest\/everest-2021-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everest 2021<\/a> is coming on soon. There are questions as to whether operators should run their programs at all. Many are moving forward but a few are not. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I discuss the situation with <strong>Adrian Ballinger, founder of Alpenglow Expeditions\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>who has canceled his expedition from the Tibet side this spring. We also talk about the historic K2 Winter summit.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/k2\/k2-winter\/\">K2<\/a>, they are stil holding at Base Camp and on Manaslu, they have hit a snag with a very wide crevase, over nine ladders wide, so they will search for a new route when the weather allows.\u00a0Note, I will be covering all the action on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/everest\/everest-2021-coverage\/\">Everest<\/a> this spring on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/everest\/everest-2021-coverage\/\">Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Interview with Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow Expeditions<\/h2>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper kgvid_wrapper_auto_left kgvid_wrapper_auto_right\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:38242,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;start_complete&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alanarnette.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/summitcoach-e1483568572550.jpg&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:false,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Adrian Ballinger Everest 2021 Cancellation Interview&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adrian-Balliner-Everest-2021-Cancellation-Interview_thumb1.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adrian-Balliner-Everest-2021-Cancellation-Interview.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adrian-Balliner-Everest-2021-Cancellation-Interview.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adrian Ballinger Everest 2021 Cancellation Interview\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Adrian Ballinger Everest 2021 Cancellation Interview\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-01-28T16:15:43-07:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adrian-Balliner-Everest-2021-Cancellation-Interview_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adrian-Balliner-Everest-2021-Cancellation-Interview.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"360p\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kgvid_below_video\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_below\"><div class=\"kgvid-viewcount\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_viewcount\">1,711 views<\/div><div class=\"kgvid-caption\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_caption\">Adrian Ballinger Everest 2021 Cancellation Interview<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover \">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kgvid_meta_icons\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"video_kgvid_0_title\" class=\"kgvid_title\">Adrian Ballinger Everest 2021 Cancellation Interview<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0As I covered in a recent post, Everest 2021 is coming on soon. 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