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.
First 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 storyOn up to Camps I, II, and III
First off, apologies for the long lag since the last update. We’ve heard from many people that an update is sorely needed, after our last blog entry left Adrian and…
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 storyWaiting, Waiting, Waiting…and an Accident
After the brief window that allowed the Sherpa to fix ropes all the way to the summit — and David Tait to achieve the goal of standing on that summit…
Read the storyStill in Base Camp
There isn’t too much new to report from our team, as they’ve been hunkered down at Base Camp, living through high winds and snow. The decision to retreat to base…
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 storyToday’s the Day
Just spoke to Adrian on the sat phone (May 20th – 6am PST). Our team of 10 climbers, 3 guides, 1 Discovery Channel cameraman and 11 Sherpas are now getting…
Read the storyMade It
9 climbers, 3 guides and 12 Sherpa from our team made it to the top of the world. The fastest were there by 6am May 21st local (5:15pm PST May…
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