Category : Everest

Legends Series: Interview with Tom Hornbein

Jerry Kobalenko

16/01/2019

Everest Mountain

Tom Hornbein has been interviewed countless times about May 22, 1963, when he and partner Willi Unsoeld summited Mount Everest via the...

How Mount Everest Got Its Name

Kristine De Abreu

01/01/2019

Everest

Before the 1865 survey that led to rechristening the world’s tallest peak, the peoples of the Indian subcontinent spoke of it as a goddess, ...

Summits and Lies: Interview with Billi Bierling, Liz Hawley’s Successor

Angela Benavides

29/11/2018

Everest Manaslu Manaslu Mountain

For years, Liz Hawley’s unmistakable sky-blue VW Beetle was a familiar sight in the bustling streets of Kathmandu during the climbing season...

Everest North Side Goes Green

Angela Benavides

22/11/2018

Everest Mountain

The thin air on Everest North Side will be a little cleaner next season. Eco-friendly, golf-like buggies driven by locals will be the only t...

High-Altitude Forecasting: The Weather Wizards of the Greater Ranges

Angela Benavides

20/11/2018

Everest K2 Mountain

High-altitude mountaineering has evolved since George Mallory gamely trudged up the Rongbuk glacier in 1924 towards his death, but despite s...

Pumori Followup: Interview with Teofil Vlad

Angela Benavides

08/11/2018

Climbing Everest

Last week, we reported on a new line climbed on Pumori by a small Romanian team. The few details available suggested a remarkable climb, so ...

Romanians Open New Route on Pumori

Angela Benavides

02/11/2018

Everest Mountain

Pumori is a popular spot for Everest Base Camp trekkers, thanks to the stunning views of Everest that it offers from an adjacent bump called...

Updated: The Women of Thin Air

Angela Benavides

24/10/2018

Everest K2 Mountain

Luo Jing Update, October 25 A day after Luo Jing of China recently claimed to have completed all 14 8000'ers by summiting Shishapangma, f...

Alex Txikon: Winter K2 is only an option – and not my first

Angela Benavides

18/10/2018

Everest K2

Alex Txikon has changed his misty Basque Country homeland for the sunny south of Spain. He is spending some relaxing days climbing El Chorro...

Luo Jing Becomes First Chinese Woman to Climb all 14×8000’ers

Angela Benavides

04/10/2018

Dhaulagiri Everest K2 Mountain

Update: October 5, 2018, Spanish news website Desnivel reports that Luo Jing did NOT reach Shishapangma's main summit. Catalan climber Xavi ...

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