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.
Rapid Ascent on Aconcagua – 1 Week after Vinson
7 days before they stood atop Aconcagua, this exact #RapidAscent climbing team was standing on the tallest peak on the Antarctic continent – 16,077’ Mt. Vinson. The very next week,…
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Vinson & Aconcagua Rapid Ascent
Vinson and Aconcagua Rapid Ascent Their journey began in early December when the team of 4 climbers and lead guide Adrian Ballinger set out from the United States, traveling to…
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Rapid Ascent in Ecuador
Our second team of the month in Ecuador has successfully summitted Cayambe in short order. The team of Steuart and Graham along with guides Adrian and Jaime crushed their summit…
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Project Makalu – A Return to Nepal
Follow the team at ProjectMakalu.com. It never fails. I’m sitting in a window seat on the right side of TG319 flying from Bangkok to Kathmandu. We’re flying at 31,000 feet,…
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Blowing in the Wind
The Alpenglow team is enjoying some down time at Papallacta, a hot springs retreat high in the Ecuadorian Andes. It’s in a cloud forest at 11,500 feet of elevation, with…
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Everest Base Camp Trek: What to Expect
Trekking to Everest Base Camp through the Khumbu Valley “is one of the most historic, culturally-rich treks in the world” explains Alpenglow guide Brian Warren. Mount Everest has long captured…
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Cotopaxi: Top 5 Things You Don’t Leave Home Without
With a challenging climb ahead, the last thing you need are logistical problems like taking the wrong gear. Looking down on the world from the summit of Cotopaxi will be…
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Everest, the Earthquake, and Nepal’s Future by Adrian Ballinger, founder of Alpenglow Expeditions
While I was still putting 100 percent of my energy into logistics for our team, and ensuring we did what we could for our friends in Nepal, our team doctor…
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Alpenglow Doctor’s Account of the Earthquake and What’s to Come
29th April 2015 Everest Base Camp North Side. This is going to be a difficult blog to write. Expressing the events of the last few days in a way which…
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Everest Week 2: Team Updates Post Earthquake
Alpenglow’s team is safe in North Side Base Camp, after a 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, affecting most parts of the country and areas of China, Tibet, and India. Our thoughts and…
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