Alan Arnette: Audio Dispatch from Lhotse for Alzheimer’s
This is the latest audio update from Alan Arnette climbing Lhotse for Alzheimer's. Please sign up for the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry.
Alan Arnette: Audio Dispatch from Lhotse for Alzheimer’s
This is the latest audio update from Alan Arnette climbing Lhotse for Alzheimer's. Please sign up for the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry.
Alan Arnette: Audio Dispatch from Lhotse for Alzheimer’s
This is the latest audio update from Alan Arnette climbing Lhotse for Alzheimer's. Please sign up for the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry.
Everest 2015: First Steps in the Icefall
Long Expeditions are often filled with a lot of down time, sometimes by design to let your body adjust to the altitude and other times due to unforeseen events. Well we have had a bit of both thus far. I have been gone from home for 3 weeks so I’m ready to do some climbing. […]
Everest 2015: Weekend Update – April 19
I will try to do a weekend update each Sunday while on Everest/Lhotse. This update is all about the weather. We arrived at Everest Base Camp on Monday, store April 13 to heavy snow, and overcast skies – and that is the story of the week. Each day brought cold temps and culminated with a […]
Everest 2015: April 18, A Black Day with Lessons for all
It was one year ago today that a hanging wall of ice fell onto the Khumbu Icefall, the gateway to the south side of Mt. Everest, killing 16 mountain workers waiting for a ladder to be repaired that crossed a deep crevasse. Today, I’m at Everest Base Camp attempting to use almost the same route […]
Everest 2015: New Icefall Route Proving Fickle
Today, Friday, April 17, a collapse of a four ladder traverse across a huge crevasse in the middle of the Icefall, caused 80 Sherpas to turn back. There were no injuries. The Icefall Doctors will go back up to inspect the situation and either reinstall the ladders, or find a new route around the crevasse. […]
Everest 2015: Blessings on the Mountain
Before climbing in the Himalaya with Sherpas, a Puja ceremony must be held. There can be multiple Pujas, help or blessing. For example we had one with Lama Geshi a few days ago in his home in Pangyboche. Yesterday, Wednesday April 15, we held our Puja at our Base Camp for our Everest and Lhotse […]
Everest 2015: “Safer and Shorter” from Head of the Icefall Doctors
“Safer and shorter”, that is what the leader of the Icefall Doctors told me this morning on camera in an “exclusive interview” at Everest Base Camp. Looking at the Icefall, I am still in awe that is climbed each year. From my perspective it looks more broken and jumbled but I will have a better […]
Everest 2015: Updates and Impressions
We are now at Gorak Shep and will arrive at Everest Base Camp tomorrow, Monday April 13. While the route has been fixed through the Icefall to Camp 1, there have been no reports of teams starting their climbs. Most are either still trekking in or doing acclimatization exercises on Lobuche Peak, or to Pumori […]