Everest 2019:Remembering The Day Nepal Shook
April 25 is always a difficult day in Nepal. This year, 2019, marks the fourth anniversary of the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Nepal taking 9,000 lives, including 19 at Everest Base Camp. I’m sure there will be many services, memorials and simple quiet moments to honor those who died, and keep their memories […]
Everest 2019: Missing Annapurna Climber and Quiet on Everest
Its pretty much business as usual on both sides of Everest. There were a few moderate sized earthquakes in Tibet and Nepal but they had no impact on Everest. Quakes are a part of daily life around there. Headlines Sad news after a record 32 summits on Annapurna that Malaysian climber Wui Kin Chin is […]
Everest 2019: Camp 2 Mirage
We have our first 8000-meter summits of the season, on Annapurna. On Everest, all continues to go smoothly as teams move higher on both sides. Headlines Everest Teams on both sides are sleeping at camps above base camp. Weather continues to be good but expected to take a dive on Tuesday night with some snow, […]
Everest 2019: Monday Crevasse Fall
As we enter the last full week of April, acclimatization becomes very serious. There was a bit of snow to start the week, a fall into a crevasse and teams making plans. In other words, a normal Monday on Everest. Headlines The week started very much on schedule with teams on both sides moving to […]
Everest 2019: Weekend Update April 21
As we close out the third full week of the 2019 season, all is well on both sides of Everest. No major incidents and all systems, except for EverestLink, seems to be up and running, but they seem to have their links worked out. Each weekend during the season I’ll post a “Weekend Update” summarizing […]
Everest 2019: Facing Fears
All seems to be good on Everest this weekend. As usual, the weather comes and goes but overall about normal for mid-April. The real question is what will occur between May 15 and 25 when the traditional summit windows opens. Will it be like last year with 11 consecutive days or a nightmare like 2012 […]
Everest 2019: Sleeping In The Cwm!
We now have members of several teams sleeping in the Western Cwm on the Nepal side. Over in Tibet, Sherpas are sleeping at the Intermediate camp as they prepare to begin building ABC. Looks like members will begin their two day journey to ABC in a couple of days. Headlines Members aka clients aka climbers aka […]
Everest 2019: Climbing!!
A short spell of big winds and heavy snow has now moved off both sides of Everest and teams are now preparing to begin their first rotations on the Nepal side. Over in Tibet, no word on when the rope team will begin to fix that route. Traditionally, they start later but seem to catch […]
Everest 2019: First Impressions
Both sides of Everest are buzzing with activity. In Nepal they are training, and a few have actually climbed through the Icefall to Camp 1. On the Tibet side, there is a building boom with team after team putting their array of tents. Headlines Looks like the good people running EverestLink are aware and have […]
Everest 2019: Before the First Steps into the Icefall
Its tax day in the US but just another Monday on Everest. Activity continues to move steadily forward on both sides of Mount Everest. The camps are filling up, the nighttime noises grows louder as camps compete with their movie speaker systems and generators. The yaks are annoyed. It looks like some weather may move […]