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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.

Onward to Plaza de Argentina

We got word last night from the team on Aconcagua at Casa de Piedras, where they rested after 2 days of trekking 30 kilometers up the valley. There has been…
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2011 Aconcagua Expedition Begins

Alpenglow’s 2011 Aconcagua Expedition is underway! The team of five, which will be guided by Alpenglow’s owner, Adrian Ballinger, and lead guide Jaime Avila arrived in Mendoza on Monday. They spent a…
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Wrap Up of Summit Push

  11 climbers on the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011… that’s who was on the top of Ama Dablam just a couple of days ago!!! Yippeeeeee!!!  The…
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Namche Bazaar to Khumjung

The trekking and climbing teams spent another sunny day in the valley moving from Monjo to Namche Bazaar yesterday. The day started with a lesson in Himalayan geography at the…
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Manaslu, 8156 meters – First Complete Ski Descent

  In 2007, after 10 years of guiding rock, alpine, and ski terrain around the world full-time, I decided to attempt my first 8,000 meter peak by guiding Cho Oyu…
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Back in Kat and thinking of next season.

Back in Kathmandu First of all, Himalayan Experience would like to apologise for getting the numbers of this season’s Manaslu summiteers slightly wrong. In our last newsletter, we stated that…
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Himalaya Autumn Season 2011 Kicks Off

The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience: Himalayan Experience is back on Manaslu, which will be the company’s fourth season on the world’s eight highest mountains. Last…
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Autumn Himalayan Season Begins!

Update, 8/26/11: Of course life before 3 months away got busy enough I never posted the below blog. Now I’m in Hong Kong on a long layover on the way…
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Spring Himalayan Wrap-up: May 5-Everest Summit * May 20-Everest Summit * May 26-Lhotse Summit

May 5, 2011 – Everest Summit * May 20, 2011 – Everest Summit * May 26, 2011 – Lhotse Summit What better place to decompress from a Himalayan season than…
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Final Post from Base Camp

The following blog is Billi Bierling’s final post from Everest Base Camp: A successful season After having had a successful Everest expedition, the Lhotse team also added to Himalayan Experience’s…
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