Add Comment Adrian Ballinger, Cho Oyu, Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Adrian Ballinger Goes For Cho Oyu-Everest Double Header It continues to be an interesting and busy spring season in the Himalaya, where teams are now steadily filing in to Base Camp on both side... Read More
Add Comment Dhaulagiri, Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Collapse In Icefall Injures Two Sherpas As if the climbers, Sherpas, and porters on the South Side of Everest got a sharp reminder of the dangers they face yesterday when a secti... Read More
Add Comment Dhaulagiri, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Summits On Lhotse And Death On Dhaulagiri While the teams on the 8000-meter peaks continue to acclimatize, particularly on Everest, there is other news to report across the region,... Read More
Add Comment Cho Oyu, Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Shishapangma, skiing Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Summits On Cho Oyu, Climber Missing On Shisha, And Everest Skiers In Hot Water What a difference a few days makes. Last Friday when we posted an update on the current climbing scene in the Himalaya there wasn't mu... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, skiing Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Nepal Threatens To Revoke Climbing Permits For Everest Skiers It appears that the ongoing drama regarding the lack of a ski permit for Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas continues. The two men found them... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Shishapangma Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Lightning On Everest And Sherpas Come To The Aid Of Skiers What was a relatively quiet and uneventful season in the Himalaya has certainly started to pick up momentum now. That generally tends to h... Read More
Add Comment Annapurna, Cho Oyu, Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: First Summits Of The Season On Everest And Other 8000-Meter Peaks It was a very busy weekend on Everest and other 8000-meter peaks in Nepal and Tibet. After waiting for the wind to die down late last week... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Lots Of Summits, New Records On Everest, Oxygen Regulators Fail On North Side The day we've all been waiting for is finally here. The first major wave of summits are upon us on Mt. Everest, where a number of team... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Everest-Lhotse Double Summit Done As Good Weather Continues we learned that they would be allowed to climb after all. The duo have taken advantage of this opportunity by summiting Everest yesterday ... Read More
Add Comment Adrian Ballinger, Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Yet More Summits On Everest And Lhotse, Hillary Step Update, Death Toll Rises To 5 abandon their attempt on the mountain after 30% of the teams regulators stopped functioning at 8500 meters (27,887 ft). As you'll prob... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet, Traverse Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Season Winding Down But Isn't Over Yet, Avalanche In The Icefall The end is in sight for the 2018 climbing season in the Himalaya, but it isn't quite over yet. There are still a few teams heading up ... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Video Edit Video: A Double-Summit Of Everest And Lhotse Last week, while climbing in the Himalaya, alpinists Steve Plain and Jon Gupta nabbed a double-summit of both Everest and Lhotse, and in t... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: Last Teams Head To Summit, Others Cancel, And Further Information On The Hillary Step we had an update on the current status of the Hillary Step, which apparently was an off-limits topic for climbers with media this year. Bu... Read More
Add Comment Everest, Himalaya, Lhotse, Mountaineering, Nepal, Tibet Edit Himalaya Spring 2018: A Record Breaking Season Comes To An End At Long Last Yesterday we reported that there was one team still on the South Side of the mountain as Tenji Sherpa and Jon Griffiths summited Everes... Read More