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Mountain adventures create the best stories, and we want to share some of ours with you. Dive into Alpenglow Stories to stay up to date on expeditions in the field, read blogs, and get tips and tricks from guides.

What Sets Alpenglow’s Everest Program Apart?

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Summit Success on Aconcagua

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An aerial shot of a high camp on Peak Lenin

Trash on Everest

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A climber with a blue backpack climbing with Alpenglow Expeditions descends from Camp 1 through tall white snow penitentes on Aconcagua

Aconcagua Update: Team Pauses at Base Camp to Dodge the Wind

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Leadership Sets Us Apart On Everest

Our Mount Everest expedition leader, Adrian Ballinger, has 8 summits of Everest, and has been guiding on the mountain for over a decade.
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Gasherbrum II Route

Gasherbrum II is the perfect 8,000m peak to climb in the Karakoram Range, here is how our Rapid Ascent Expedition’s climbing route.
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Revolutionizing High-Altitude Mountaineering: Adrian Ballinger’s Lightning Ascents of Cho Oyu & Everest

This blog encapsulates the groundbreaking achievements and innovative approaches of Adrian Ballinger’s Lightning Ascents, highlighting the transformational impact of these expeditions on high-altitude mountaineering.
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Have you failed on the South Side of Mount Everest?

There are many small factors that can lead to a successful or failed attempt on Everest. The south side of Everest, however, has many more factors that lend themselves to failure than the North Side.
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The North Side of Mount Everest

The Importance of a Qualified Team on Mount Everest

You want to choose the right team to climb Mount Everest with, made up of certified mountain guides and trained, experienced Sherpa.
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Climbers on the summit of Ama Dablam.

Ama Dablam Route

On our Ama Dablam expedition, we climb the route of the mountain’s first ascent, the Southwest Ridge. It offers every type of climbing along the way to the summit, it is continuously exposed and technical.
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