Stories: Everest
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.
Safely Back at Everest Base Camp
Received a text message from the satellite phone, saying that our first team of 11 climbers, 3 guides and 12 Sherpa are all safely back at Base Camp. Whew! We’re…
Read the story2nd Team Summits
Our second team of climbers have just reported a 100% success rate at the summit, and have returned back down as far as Camp 2. They had 11 climbers +…
Read the storySnowfall Blankets Everest
Today, May 27th, was expected to see our climbers departing from Everest Base Camp, while the guides and Sherpa continued the cleanup process on the mountain. Unfortunately, the first big…
Read the storyOur Climbers All Out Safely
The latest word is that the weather has improved and our group of climbers have all successfully trekked out to Lukla and are flying from there to Kathmandu and on….
Read the storyEverest 2009 Wrap-Up
Amazing that it has been 3 weeks already since our Everest summits. Members and sherpas from the team are back home, and the guides and staff are back in Kathmandu,…
Read the storyAt Alpamayo Basecamp
From the satellite phone: “After our acclimatizing day on mountain bikes and the 2 days of trekking in, we are here at Alpamayo basecamp. The weather up here is wonderful…
Read the storyManaslu Begins!
It’s Friday morning and I’m hopped up on espresso, meeting with our office manager Emily one last time before leaving for Nepal. I begin the 30 or so hours of…
Read the storySoren Reports from Basecamp
Reporting from Manaslu Basecamp: Base camp is located on a stony moraine between two glaciers at approx. 4700m (15,600 feet), which is a moderate altitude, and should provide a good…
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