Stories: Everest
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Everest grows by nearly a meter!
The highest mountain in the world just increased the margin of its lead by an additional 2.8 feet (.86 meters). China and Nepal presented a new official figure of 8,848.86…
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Everest 2020 Canceled due to Fears of Coronavirus Hitting Base Camps
Everest 2020 Expedition Canceled With a heavy heart, we are announcing the cancelation of our Everest 2020 expedition. Today China announced that it has shut down the Tibet side…
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Let the Countdown to Everest Season Begin!
It’s time to talk about Everest On paper, an expedition to the north side of Everest comprises of just 35 days on the Alpenglow Expeditions climbing calendar. That said, the…
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Top 5 Things Alpenglow Expeditions Does Differently on Mt Everest
We’ve always done things a bit differently than most other guide services, and it all starts with Adrian Ballinger’s visionary Rapid Ascent™ approach to pre-acclimatizing for mountains across the world….
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What’s in Adrian’s Closet?
“Frostbite is Failure” Interview with Adrian Ballinger: A run-through of every climbing shoe and mountain boot in his arsenal. Mountain guides may be the most shoe-obsessed people on the…
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Everest Lightning Ascent in 14 Days
The Everest Lightning Ascent: Two Weeks to the Top and Back with Alpenglow Expeditions – words by Roxanne Vogel Testing Rapid Ascent When I nervously called Adrian Ballinger in the…
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Interview: Adrian Ballinger Talks Rapid Ascent
As soon as Adrian returned from his successful #K2no02 mission, we caught up with him for an interview. We asked him all about pre-acclimatizing with Hypoxico and how the Rapid…
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#RoadtoEverest Wrap Up
In case you missed our #RoadtoEverest series last week, here’s the full rundown: 1. While it feels like the Alpenglow Expeditions’ Everest 2019 teams wrapped up just last week, Alpenglow is…
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The Road to Everest, Part 2
#ROADTOEVEREST As part of our #roadtoeverest series, we have updated and relaunched this blog from our archives. The original post was written by Adrian Ballinger in 2012 and has been updated to…
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The Road to Everest, Part 1
#RoadToEverest As part of our #roadtoeverest series, we have updated and relaunched this blog from our archives. The original post was written by Adrian Ballinger in 2012 and has been…
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