Stories
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.
Summit Push Approaches and the Cleanup Continues
After a brief snowy interlude, perfect weather has returned to Ama Dablam and the Khumbu Valley and we are ready for our summit push! We are making a plan to…
Read the storyGreat Progress and Weather on Ama
The team moved up to Yak Camp yesterday and then made a move to Camp 1 this morning with plans of remaining there for the rest of the day to…
Read the storyA Busy Three Days
Since leaving Dingboche three days ago, we’ve been non-stop and having a great time. The group was really excited to finish the trekking portion of our expedition and get into…
Read the storyChukkung Ri Summit
Before heading to BC we decided to do a quick climb of Chukkung Ri. At 18,200 feet (5550 meters) it is barely even considered a mountain here in Nepal,…
Read the storyViews of Ama Dablam
Day 4 of our trek into base camp is always one of my favorites. While the views in the Khumbu Valley are stunning from the first day, Day 4,…
Read the storyHelicopter Rescues From Kathmandu!
Sometimes when the weather doesn’t play nice and things don’t go according to schedule, even an incredible city like Kathmandu can become unbearable. Despite lots of visits to temples and…
Read the storyA Poem from Manaslu
Packing Up The Himex team is just packing up our base camp and getting ready to leave for Samagoan tomorrow morning. But before we shut everything down, we would like…
Read the storyHimex Newsletter 13 – Manaslu 2010
Himex has done it again I would like to start this Newsletter by saying how much we missed Aaron on our summit push on 1st October. Unfortunately our great team…
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