Everest 2017: Building the Climbing Route
As we end the third week of April, teams are all over both sides of the mountain. They are doing their first acclimatization rotation primarily to the lowest of the camps above base camp. For most teams they will do at least one more of these rotations but to the next highest camp before they are ready […]
Everest 2017: Is Everest a Garbage Dump?
Everest is running at full throttle on both sides this week. Teams are climbing to Camp 2 on the South and ABC on the North. All is reported well, with decent weather. Snow is forecasted for the weekend so they may cut their rotations a bit short this time. Busy EBC EverestEr, the fully volunteer […]
Everest 2017: Into the Western Cwm
Right on schedule, the third week of April has climbers on both sides of Everest moving to the higher camps in the quest of adjusting their bodies to higher altitudes. For many climbers, they will have trouble adjusting as Camp 1 in the Western Cwm on the Nepal side is 19,500 feet and on the Tibet side, Advanced Base […]
Everest 2017: How to Manage the Everest Crowds
As predicted it looks to be a record year on the both sides of Mt Everest and the normal routes will be crowded. With the vivid memories of the crowds in 2012, the media will be jumping all over this with demands from armchair climbers, journalists, attention seekers and the expert at your next party who has never been above […]
Everest 2017: Weekend Update April 16 – Updated
As we enter mid April, the activity is increasing on both sides of Everest. This past week the Nepal side saw a huge influx of teams and on the Tibet side, the beginning of what could be a record year began. Update – Record Nepal Everest Climbers The Nepal Ministry of Tourism is reporting that 365 foreigners […]
Everest 2017: Ueli Steck’s Everest Lhotse Project
Climbers from all over the world are arriving at the base camps on both sides of Everest this week to attempt the standard routes but one Swiss Alpinist has a special plan in mind. Ueli Steck’s Everest Lhotse Project will be fun to watch. He and Tenji Sherpa will attempt to summit Everest by the never […]
Everest 2017: Base Camp Begins to Fill Up
The activity is building around Everest. Teams are trekking on the south and driving on the north and some are already at base camp. All is well on both sides of Everest at the moment. Early April is an awkward time in the Everest timeline. There are literally hundreds of people scattered from Kathmandu to Lhasa to the trekking […]
Everest 2017: Ice Serac Release Stalls Climbing
Reports of a serac release in the Icefall are coming in. There are no injuries. It appears a towering ice serac in the Khumbu Icefall just before the “Football Field” released burying the fixed ropes. The conditions were already tough on Monday, 10 April 2017 with very cold temps and high winds. There were around 30 […]
Everest 2017: Weekend Update April 9
This past week on Everest has been busy with no surprises. Just like it should be in early April. And have no doubt, Everest will see record summits the spring of 2017. Excellent reporter Rajan Pokhrel of The Himalayan Times in Kathmandu reported that the Ministry of Tourism has already issued 250 permits for Everest to 27 teams […]
Everest 2017: A Busy Season on the 8000ers
The world’s highest mountains are going to be busy this spring. Everest tops the list with perhaps 1,000 summits smashing all records. Currently, the trails of Nepal are filled with hundreds of climbers, porters and Sherpas and even more trekkers. The teahouses are full and the local economy is benefiting from what appears to be a full recovery […]