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.
Where is Climbing Everest Headed?
As the Alpenglow team sits in Base Camp and waits for the jetstream to shift to allow for Everest and Lhotse summit attempts (and skiing!), we have been having lots…
Read the storyMonica’s First Hand Account of the Icefall and Camp 2!
Well hello there from EBC! The Alpenglow team rocked back “home” this morning after their trip to Camps 2 and 3. Well, perhaps let me be more honest…Sergey and Adrian rocked back…
Read the storyLhotse Face, Helis, and Progress
It’s 6:30 pm here in Camp 2, at 21,500 feet. Temperatures have been a bit cold for this time of season. That makes mornings and evenings a bit hard to…
Read the storyCamp 2 – Wind and Work
At Everest Base Camp, it’s easy to sometimes forget exactly where we are and the challenge we have set out for ourselves. I know this is often what the…
Read the storyEverest, the Best and Worst
Everest, in all its intensity and boredom, to me often feels like a stimulant-enhanced version of “normal” life at home. This heightened intensity of emotional and physical existence is not…
Read the storyRound 1 of Acclimatization: Done and Dusted
Sergey and Adrian arrived back in Island Peak base camp at about 8am on the morning of the 23rd of April after descending from their summit camp where they spent…
Read the storyEverest/Lhotse Ski Expedition 2013: The Blogs Begin!
Island Peak Base Camp. 5090m (16,700ft) Well….we’ve made it this far! The Alpenglow Expeditions EverestLhotseSki2013 team made a rapid ascent of the Khumbu valley in three days in order to reach Island…
Read the storyKathmandu: A Home Away From Home
After having led more than 30 expeditions and treks in Nepal over the past 15 years, I think I can finally claim Nepal as my second home. It’s not all…
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