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.
Updates From Everest Base Camp
The #RapidAscent team is getting some rest, planning acclimatization hikes, and watching the weather. The first rotation for the team is complete and our final climber arrived to Base Camp…
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#EverestNoFilter Wins a Webby Award
#EverestNoFilter has won a Webby Award in the Social – Sports category for last year’s expedition! The program beat out submissions from the NBA, NFL, WWE and others to take…
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Progress on the North Side
The #EverestNoFilter team spent a week setting up Base Camp (17,000 / 5200m) and acclimatizing. They moved to Interim Camp (19,000′ / 5800m) and have continued to do acclimatization hikes…
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Everest Season Is Here
It’s officially Everest season for Alpenglow! Pictured here, lead guide Chad Peele and Zeb Blais with the their 2016 Everest clients, Trudi & Bryan. Chad and Zeb’s travel journey to Everest starts early…
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Everest 2017 – Rapid Ascent and Everest No Filter
Well folks, it’s that time of year again! The winter is thawing and Everest is beginning to call our name. Alpenglow Expeditions has assembled another fantastic team of climbers, sherpa…
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This Mountain Climbing Method Cuts Summit Times in Half
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Aconcagua Season Summary
¡Cumbre! We had three Aconcagua Rapid Ascent expeditions this season, and each Rapid Ascent team had successful summits of Aconcagua (22,841′ / 6962m). Cheers to strong teams and success, despite the challenging weather of South…
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Aconcagua Expedition Photos
These photos are from our current Aconcagua Rapid Ascent expedition. Yesterday the expedition team summited around 11am and they were back in Mendoza by midnight. Aconcagua (22,841′ / 6962m) is the…
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Successful Aconcagua Summit!
¡CUMBRE! Another successful Rapid Ascent Aconcagua (22,841′ / 6962m) summit! The team was back in C3 (19,700′ / 6000m) early this morning and they are currently making their way back to base…
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Aconcagua Team in C2
Yesterday was a rest day in C1 (16,568′ / 5050m) for our Aconcagua Rapid Ascent team. One of the guides and a couple porters moved some team gear to C2 (17,900′…
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