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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.

On Their Way in Bolivia

After some interesting delays, beginning at US airports, all expedition members arrived safely in La Paz and as Jaime put it, “tired or not” they were off on a road…
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Marmot Photoshoot – City of Rocks, ID

What better way to “train” for another season in the Himalaya (I leave in 2 weeks) than climbing stellar granite in the high desert in Idaho. The City of Rocks…
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The Season Approaches

With only two weeks to go before our first expedition of the summer in Peru, the Alpenglow office is a busy place. If you have any final questions regarding your…
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The Easy Life in Huaraz

Before the boys get too comfortable in Huaraz, we are heading to the mountains! The team arrived here complete yesterday morning, and ever since we have been eating excellent Thai,…
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Headed up from Pisco Basecamp

Adrian called from the satellite phone this AM. He reported that the weather could not be better, and the group is really strong. They were headed out of base camp…
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Pisco Summit

Our team of recent Wharton grads have brought us good luck and great weather so far this year! The weather has been stunning during our past week in the mountains…
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Pisco Summit

Our team of recent Wharton grads have brought us good luck and great weather so far this year! The weather has been stunning during our past week in the mountains…
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Team Summits Chopicalqui

First, a quick apology that this dispatch did not go up sooner. While we left the mountains two days ago, we have been keeping a hectic schedule of eating huge…
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Our Mountain Biking Adventure

No rest for the weary here in Huaraz! Our new group of climbers, Joe Suntum, Larry Siu, Dave Strauss, and Steve McNally, arrived yesterday morning, and they were just a…
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Full Team Summits Toclaraju

Adrian just called via satellite phone to say that all six team members summited on yet another beautiful day. Adrian said the climb was very challenging and that the whole…
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