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.

#EverestNoFilter Summit Day
At 10pm local time the #EverestNoFilter team of Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards along with Palden Sherpa set out for the summit of Mt Everest from high camp on the North…
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Everest Summit for #RapidAscent Team
At 04:16 local time on May 22, the team of Bryan Osoro & Trudi Seiwald led by Chad Peele and Zeb Blais along with the Sherpa team of Panuru, Pasang…
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Everest North Side 2016 – Update May 18
#RapidAscent Team Moving Higher Alpenglow’s Rapid Ascent team has been enjoying life at Advanced Base Camp (21,000’/6400m) for a few days in order to fully recover and be ready for…
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Everest North Side 2016 – Update for May 16
Everest North Side Update May 16 If you’ve been following along via social media you have likely seen that both teams have been enjoying very stable weather with all team…
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Everest North Side 2016 – Update for May 4
Let me start this blog off with a little public service announcement for all the climbing fans out there. If you have a smartphone, do yourself a favor and download…
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Update from Everest Base Camp
Blog post from Alpenglow guide Zeb Blaise. We hit our bumps in the road getting to Everest Base Camp, but all in all we’re doing pretty well. Complaining about the…
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Arriving in Tibet, heading to Base Camp
Just getting to base camp on the North Side of Everest can be a challenging task. With a few hiccups along the way our team is now in Shigatse, Tibet catching some…
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Earthquake in Ecuador
As you have likely heard, the devastating 7.8 earthquake that struck along the coast of Ecuador on April 16 has put the coastal regions and the country in a state…
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