Stories: Rapid Ascent
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Aconcagua Team in High Camp Ready for Summit Push!
We just chatted with the Alpenglow Aconcagua team and they are getting ready to summit! The strong team has taken full advantage of perfect weather and is in their top…
Read the storyAconcagua Base Camp
The Alpenglow office just received a quick call from Aconcagua Base Camp. Jaime and the group just arrived into Plaza Argentina, where they will be basing for the next couple…
Read the storyViews of Ama Dablam
Day 4 of our trek into base camp is always one of my favorites. While the views in the Khumbu Valley are stunning from the first day, Day 4,…
Read the storyHelicopter Rescues From Kathmandu!
Sometimes when the weather doesn’t play nice and things don’t go according to schedule, even an incredible city like Kathmandu can become unbearable. Despite lots of visits to temples and…
Read the storyA Poem from Manaslu
Packing Up The Himex team is just packing up our base camp and getting ready to leave for Samagoan tomorrow morning. But before we shut everything down, we would like…
Read the storyHimex Newsletter 13 – Manaslu 2010
Himex has done it again I would like to start this Newsletter by saying how much we missed Aaron on our summit push on 1st October. Unfortunately our great team…
Read the storyHimex Newsletter 11 – Manaslu 2010
Horizontal Limits After having been up higher on the mountain for four nights we are back down at base camp enjoying showers, good food, clean clothes and actually standing upright….
Read the storyHimex Newsletter 10 – Manaslu 2010
Here comes the rain again Despite Phurba Tashi’s prediction for better weather with the Buddhist calendar having moved from summer to autumn a couple of days ago, we are still…
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