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.
2nd 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,…
Read the storyAlpamayo Expedition Begins
8am and there is only one place to be in Peru – the Cafe Andino. Each day we are in town begins here for fantastic coffee, fresh juice smoothies, and…
Read the storyAt Alpamayo Basecamp
From the satellite phone: “After our acclimatizing day on mountain bikes and the 2 days of trekking in, we are here at Alpamayo basecamp. The weather up here is wonderful…
Read the storyAt Moraine Camp
Latest update via Satellite Phone: “Everyone has made it successfully up to Moraine Camp at 16,000ft. This is the beginning of the massive glacier. Up to now we have been…
Read the storyAt Col Camp, 18,200′
Another update via Satellite Phone: “The whole team has achieved the Col Camp at 18,200ft. From Moraine Camp at 16,000ft this has been a tough ice climb, and our team…
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