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Spring Himalaya Season 2019 Updated on 05/26

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Traffic Jams on Everest: Ethical or Not?

Ash Routen

25/05/2019

8000ers Everest Mountain

Elia Saikaly, one of the hundreds of clients on Mount Everest this week, summed it up on Instagram: "I cannot believe what I saw up there. D...

The Quiet Himalaya: A New Route on Chamlang

Angela Benavides

25/05/2019

Mountain

While Everest snags the headlines, the most remarkable climb of the season may have just taken place on Chamlang, a 7,319m peak at the head ...

Spring Himalaya, Updated: More Highlights, More Deaths

Ash Routen

24/05/2019

8000ers Everest Mountain

Despite a continual stream of summits on Everest and other 8000'ers over the past 24 hours, a number of events stand out. No-02 Everest-L...

Winds Foil New Route Attempt on Dhaulagiri

Ash Routen

24/05/2019

8000ers Climbing Dhaulagiri Mountain

Poor weather has forced the experienced team of Horia Colibășanu, Marius Gane, and Peter Hámor to call off their attempt to open a new route...

Everest Crowds, No-O2 Summits

Angela Benavides

23/05/2019

8000ers Everest

Everest saw dozens more summits today, including several from the north side. While outfitters have reliably posted on their clients' succes...

Hundreds of Summits, Traffic Jams and Another Climber Lost on Everest

Angela Benavides

22/05/2019

8000ers Everest

Once again, the upper slopes of Everest have shown their brightest and darkest sides today. A huge but still undetermined number of summits ...

All Eyes on Everest as Summit Wave Approaches

Angela Benavides

22/05/2019

8000ers Everest

Climbers are approaching the summit from both sides of Everest, in good weather. On the north, the ropes have finally been fixed to the t...

Dealing with Wildlife, Part 1: Cougars

Jerry Kobalenko

21/05/2019

Adventure Travel

On New Year's Day, 2001, my wife and I went for a ski on the Cascade Fire Road, a cross-country trail near Banff, Alberta. We'd recently mov...

First Summit of 2019 on Nuptse

Martin Walsh

21/05/2019

8000ers Climbing Mountain

Tim Mosedale and Dorjee Gyalgen Sherpa are the first climbers this season to summit the tricky 7,861m Nuptse. Mosedale and a team of clim...

Kami Rita Sherpa Notches 24th Everest Summit

Angela Benavides

21/05/2019

8000ers Everest

The south side of Everest saw 14 summits yesterday, among them the hard-working Kami Rita Sherpa, back for the second time this week and 24t...

Why So Many Deaths in the Himalaya This Year?

Angela Benavides

20/05/2019

8000ers Annapurna Everest

Eleven people have died so far on six 8000'ers in Nepal, even before the usual weather window opens between May 20 and 25, when most climber...

Mingote Turns Back, Mohr Continues

Jerry Kobalenko

20/05/2019

8000ers Everest

Sergi Mingote turned around shortly after leaving Camp 2 today. The previous days at high altitude was taking a toll on his health and he wa...

Mingote and Mohr Launch No-02 Everest Bid

Angela Benavides

19/05/2019

8000ers Everest

After one day in Camp 2, recovering from Lhotse and the pain of having a fellow climber die in their arms, Sergi Mingote and Juan Pablo Mohr...

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Ash Routen

19/05/2019

8000ers Adventure Travel Climbing Endurance Everest

Here at ExWeb, when we're not in the outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the wider interweb. Sometimes we're a ...

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