Stories: Rapid Ascent
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.
Summit Push is Underway
It’s go time on Everest and both teams are charging for the summit! The enormous anticipation of summiting is intensifying as both teams push elevation and tag higher…
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Summit Push Begins Tomorrow!
The whole gang is together now at ABC on Mount Everest. Lots of chatter this morning between guides and sherpa finalizing summit plans. LAST MINUTE UPDATE FROM CHAD PEELE: “Jaime the team…
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Summit Preparations Underway
Summit preparations are underway for both the Everest team and the Cho+Everest team. The two teams are crossing paths for the first time since the start of their expeditions. The…
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Our Two Teams to Meet Up at ABC
After a whole lot of ascending and descending, both teams are on Everest and they will soon meet at Advanced Base Camp. The Cho+Everest team arrived at EBC from Shegar yesterday….
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Everest Team Tags North Col
Continuing to acclimatize for their summit push, the Everest team completed a rotation to North Col/C1 (23,000’/7,000m) and returned to ABC (21,300’/6,400m). The North Col is a severe sharp-edged pass…
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Everest Team Prepares for Summit Push
Weather The Everest team is planning their summit push around an upcoming window of calm weather. Current intense winds are expected to drop by May 10, making way for a…
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Sweet Summit Success on Cho Oyu
On Top of the 6th Tallest Mountain in the World (26,906’) Congratulations to Adrain Ballinger and the Cho+Everest Team for their successful summit of Cho Oyu this weekend! After…
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Cho Oyu & Everest Team Update
Monday, April 30: In preparation for a Cho/Everest push, guides Adrian and Topo tested their team of climbers with an acclimatization climb up Lhotse (27,940′). Conditions were good with “real…
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The Puja Ceremony – Everest Commencement!
A successful Everest journey begins with Puja. Before leaving Everest Base Camp and beginning their arduous journey to its summit, Climbers and Sherpa take part in the Puja ceremony. A literal “right…
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Aconcagua Update: February 1, 2018
Cumbre!! We’ll go with the most exciting news first – this morning at 10am local time we had 4 members of our climbing team summit Aconcagua. Conditions were breezy up there…
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