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.
All Climbers to Camp III
Here’s a brief update from the Manaslu team: All members made it to camp 3 today and are well. Pieter and Suzuki have decided to turn around and they are…
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Himex Takes Home Manaslu Cricket Trophy The international Himex cricket team has become one of the highest cricket champions after winning the long-awaited match on the famous cricket grounds at…
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Horizontal Limits After having been up higher on the mountain for four nights we are back down at base camp enjoying showers, good food, clean clothes and actually standing upright….
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Here comes the rain again Despite Phurba Tashi’s prediction for better weather with the Buddhist calendar having moved from summer to autumn a couple of days ago, we are still…
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The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience: Power shortages, musical delights and a cricket match Due to the severe power shortage we are currently faced with here…
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The first taste of proper mountaineering The last three days were spent with climbing, plodding across the glacier, boiling water, resting in our tents, sheltering from the rain, snow and…
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Singing and praying in the rain Despite the change in the weather on Saturday, our Puja day turned out to be a rather wet and grey day with the whole…
Read the storyHimex Newsletter 6, Manaslu 2010
The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience: Manaslu vs Everest On Saturday morning, we were woken to the sound of gear sorting and when I looked out…
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