Everest 2018: Summit Wave 8 – Update 2
Update 2: Moinz/Benegas summited Lhotse a day after getting Everest. This is the 4th 800er for Matt: Cho Oyu, Makalu, Everest and Lhotse. Update 1: Reports are now coming in of strong wind gusts. I asked Chris Tomer of Tomer Weather Solutions for his view on what was happening: Doesn’t look jet related to me so the […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 7 Recap – Another Death, Summits over Obstacles
By this past week’s standard Sunday 20 May was a real slow day on Everest with just a handful of summit, around 50! But those who did had to work a bit harder than the rest to reach that spot. Also, don’t forget to read the Weekend Update for this past week that was filled […]
Everest 2018: Weekend Update May 20
A lot to cover from this week! Last weekend I started the update with “… this upcoming week will be like riding a wild horse. It appears, the winds have finally calmed and the jet stream has moved away … Hold on tight, its summit season!” Well was it ever! There were summits every day […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 6 Recap, Wave 7 Underway – Update 1
UPDATE 1: Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas had to slow down and stop because they were climbing too fast otherwise they wold miss the sunrise!!!! he messaged “We went way too fast, we are burrowed in at south summit waiting for the sun inr.ch/5CEYVJJ – Matt Moniz” They waited an hour for sunrise and summited […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 6 Underway
Here we go for the fifth day in a row for Everest summits. Looks like the summit teams may have several inches of snow over the next three days but the winds remain manageable. We’ll see what really happens. Several other teams are staged at the South Col and C3 on the North for early […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 5 Recap – 100+ Summits, Oxygen Update
It was day four of Summit Central on #Everest2018 with more than 100 combined summits from both sides. Again the weather was holding as it has been but a bit of snow is expected over the weekend up high. Oxygen Update More Oxygen Problems – On South Now, Alpenglow going back up On their summit push, […]
Everest 2018: Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas Cleared to Climb
Calling their skiing down the Lhotse Face without a ski permit a “a very innocent mistake” Department of Tourism’s director general Dinesh Bhattarai has given his blessing to 20-year-old American Matt Moniz and 49-year-old Argentine Willie Benegas for their Everest and Lhotse climbs. They hope to go this weekend, weather permitting. If successful, this will be Benegas’s 12th […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 5 Underway – Update 1
UPDATE 1: Nepal Madison Mountaineering put 3 guides, 5 members and 8 Sherpas up there. Climbing the Seven Summits had 100% success with 3 guides and 5 members and 8 Sherpas. Satori Adventures and Expeditions said they had summits but no details. Tibet Adventure Peaks with Ricky Munday and Patrick McNight “summited At 04:30hrs Nepali time and are now back […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 4 Recap – 70+ Summits and Russian Death on Nepal Side
What was a good day of summits turned tragic as a climber died on the descent on the Nepal side. There were a number of summits on both sides, 27 summits (12 foreigners) summit from Nepal and 40+ (20 foreigners) from Tibet on Thursday 17 May. Death on Nepal Side Bashinformation Russia is reporting that Russian […]
Everest 2018: Summit Wave 4 – Update SUMMITS!
Teams are once again on the move from their high camps on the Tibet side and Nepal hoping to summit early Thursday morning 17 May, 2018. After yesterday’s big day with over 140 summits, today should be a bit quieter. Also, hoping for less drama after the failed oxygen systems on the North side. Alpenglow […]