Everest 2019: Summit Wave Recap 6 – Update
As the season winds down, there are a few teams that choose to wait out the winds and the crowds. We have summits on the Tibet side Friday morning, May 24. Amazingly, there are a few teams still waiting for early next week. UPDATE: Another death: Tibet side 360 Expeditions: Kevin Hynes, 56, Irish died at North […]
Everest 2019: 3 New Deaths, Now 9 on Everest, 19 Overall
Three new deaths were reported on Everest during last 24 hours up to Midnight Thursday, May 24, 2019. Summit pushes are underway now. The winds have returned plus the routes are extremely crowded on both sides due to few summit weather windows this spring. Thus far this spring, there have been 15 deaths across six […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 5 Recap – 3 Deaths
Another big day on Everest with well over 200 total summits from both sides. The winds picked back up testing some climbers along with extremely cold temperatures. Everest ER is noting a lot of frostbite. Sadly, yet another death. Sherpa Family Summits I’m so happy and proud of Kami Sherpa, whom I summited Everest and […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 5 Underway – Update 5
Update 5: Benegas Brothers summited Furtenbach “Flash” team summited Adventure Consultants posted their summiteers: Alexander Pancoe Roman Tschupp – main team member Guide – Rob Smith – 6th summit Passang Bhote – 11th summit Chheten Dorji Sherpa – 7th summit Guru Bhote – 2nd summit Passang Angyu Bhote – 3rd summit Update 4: Sam James […]
Everest 2019: American Dead on Everest- Update
With huge crowds on Everest an accident occurred while descending between the summit and the Hillary Step, according to friends of the deceased. I was told by friends of the family that American Don Cash, 55 from Utah, apparently fell to his death on Wednesday May 22. He had two climbing Sherpas with him and was […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 4 Recap – First Tibet Summits
The rope team made the summit on the Tibet side and I’m being told there are no winds at Camp 3 as climbers are leaving for the summit on Wednesday night, May 22. Meanwhile over 200 people summited from Nepal on Wednesday morning. There were long waits reported from the Balcony to the South Summit. […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 4 Underway – Tiny Window – Update 3
Update 3: IMG reports summits: Ms. Daphne de Jong Netherlands Sonam Tashi Sherpa Nepal Ms. Fatima Deryan Republic of Lebanon Ang Karma Sherpa Nepal Kami Sherpa Nepal Mr. Julien Andre Maurice Laurent France Mingma Dorjee Sherpa Nepal Mr. Ralph Kisso Republic of Lebanon Sonam Dorjee Sherpa Nepal Thunang Lhomi Nepal Mr. Ole Petter Thunes Norway Pasang Kami […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 3 Recap, Wave 4 Underway 250 Expected
Looks like the winds have finally dropped. Teams for both the Nepal and Tibet sides report calm conditions and summit pushes underway. Wave 3 Recap: Summits!!! There were many summits Tuesday morning May 21. I know of these: Dawa Steven Sherpa and the Asian Trekking team made the top Tuesday morning: The Eco Everest Expedition 2019 team along with our Mananging […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 3 Summits and Delays – Update 1
Update 1: Summit Climb reports summits with no names or detail: “Today 1st Team reach at the Summit. Congratulations. Have safe down. 2nd Team reach at Camp 3. Wish them best up luck.” The winds on Everest are sporadic as the jet stream wobbles nearby. This is one of the toughest weeks in recent memory. […]
Everest 2019: Summit Wave 3 – Cold for 14 on Top
There were 14 summits of this next, and perhaps next to last, window of the spring 2019 season early Monday morning, May 20, 2019. Meanwhile literally hundreds of other climbers are moving up the gauntlet of camps getting ready for their time on the summit. Its Summit Madness! Big Picture First off, it cold on […]