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.
Base Camp, Kala Patar, and Lobuche Peak
It has been a whirlwind week since my last post, and finding time on a computer has been near the bottom of my list of prioirities. Apologies for that! Our…
Read the storyBase Camp Living, Lobuche Climbing, Preparing the Mountain
While sitting in a t-shirt and flipflops this morning, enjoying a proper English breakfast (bacon, eggs, baked beans and toast, along with lots of french press coffee), I thought perhaps…
Read the storyFirst Steps up Everest
Tomorrow — very early in the morning — will see the first foray by some of our team members through the ice field and onto the main slope of Everest….
Read the storyDavid 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 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…
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