Category : 8000ers

A Guide’s Perspective on Everest

Ryan Waters

06/06/2019

8000ers Everest

Everest was front-page material again this year, which tends to happen only when disaster strikes, a high number of people die or attention-...

Crowds and Solitude on Kangchenjunga

Angela Benavides

06/06/2019

8000ers Mountain

Earlier this spring, 58 people reportedly summited Kangchenjunga. (Some say the tally is actually 68.) While not a record, this is still a w...

Summing Up the Himalayan Season

Martin Walsh

30/05/2019

8000ers Annapurna Climbing Dhaulagiri Manaslu Mountain

This spring's Himalayan season has put mountaineering back on mainstream media's radar, but as usual, for all the wrong reasons. The NYT, Wa...

Last Chance on Lhotse South Face

Angela Benavides

29/05/2019

8000ers

As the Himalayan climbing season wraps up, those who embarked on new, epic climbs have left disappointed. All the touted expeditions -- Mena...

Everest Epilogue: More Summits, Another Fatality

Angela Benavides

28/05/2019

8000ers Everest

ExplorersWeb crashed Monday morning, leaving us unable to bring news of the handful of Everest climbers who had chosen to wait until the cro...

Updated: The Everest Backlash

Angela Benavides

27/05/2019

8000ers Everest

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to reflect new information from several sources that Elisabeth Revol used supplementary oxygen ...

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...

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...

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