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.
David Tait at the Top of the World
Just heard that David Tait, along with the Sherpa team of Phurba Tashi, Dorjee Sherpa and Nima Sherpa have reached the summit of Everest. We believe they are the first…
Read the storyStill in Base Camp
There isn’t too much new to report from our team, as they’ve been hunkered down at Base Camp, living through high winds and snow. The decision to retreat to base…
Read the storyAt Camp III
Our adventurers are just settling down to sleep at Camp 3. 10 of our 11 climbers made it successfully to this 23,600′ altitude, taking between 4 and 7 hours to…
Read the storySafely Back at Everest Base Camp
Received a text message from the satellite phone, saying that our first team of 11 climbers, 3 guides and 12 Sherpa are all safely back at Base Camp. Whew! We’re…
Read the story2nd Team Summits
Our second team of climbers have just reported a 100% success rate at the summit, and have returned back down as far as Camp 2. They had 11 climbers +…
Read the storySnowfall Blankets Everest
Today, May 27th, was expected to see our climbers departing from Everest Base Camp, while the guides and Sherpa continued the cleanup process on the mountain. Unfortunately, the first big…
Read the storyOur Climbers All Out Safely
The latest word is that the weather has improved and our group of climbers have all successfully trekked out to Lukla and are flying from there to Kathmandu and on….
Read the storyEverest 2009 Wrap-Up
Amazing that it has been 3 weeks already since our Everest summits. Members and sherpas from the team are back home, and the guides and staff are back in Kathmandu,…
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