How Much Does it Cost to Climb Mount Everest? – 2021 Edition
Many people ask, "How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?" For the past nine years, I've tried to answer this with a rat...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Team Leaving Base Camp, Search Suspended
Seven Summits Treks is leaving K2 Base Camp, thus ending their effort for a winter summit. The strongest climbers on their team gave it thei...
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #8
Latest as of 3.30 am, Monday, February 8, 2021, - K2 Time: John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo (JP) Mohr Prieto remain missing with no ...
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Saturday, February 6, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #7
Sajid Ali Sadpara is back in Base Camp. He is one strong individual. A helicopter did a cursory search but didn't get very high and foun...
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Friday, February 5, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #6
Latest as of 10:30 am, February 6, 2021. First it's reported that Sajid Ali Sadpara is descending from Camp 3. That Pemba Sherpa who wa...
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #5
Upfront, there is no 100% confirmed news about: John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo (JP) Mohr Prieto. JP was climbing without supplemen...
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #4
And it's over, but we still don't know the ending. There is still no news from three climbers assumed to be descending at this point...
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #3
Looks like none of the Seven Summits Treks members made the K2 summit. Snorri and team remain the only viable team for K2's winter summi...
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #2
The "Fog of Climbing" Sometimes getting precise information is difficult. John Snorri's wife now tells me John is nearing the ...
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #1
Climbers have left Camp 3 for their summit bid, half have already turned back due to the cold and fear of frostbite. The weather window has ...
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Winter K2 Update: Medical Evacuation, Climbers Start Summit Push
The few climbers who have made it high on K2 have started their summit push, late Thursday night K2 time. Another medical evacuation from K2...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Climbers Retreating, others Proceeding Higher
This round of almost 30 K2 climbers are split between Camps 1, 2 and 3 all aiming for a summit attempt on Friday but 7 climbers returned to ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Headed Higher
This round of 22+ K2 climbers have some at Camp 1, around 20,000-feet, others leaving Wednesday morning, all aiming for a summit attempt on ...
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Monday, February 1, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Threading the Needle
K2 Sherpas and climbers have left for their summit bid. There is a window emerging centered on February 4 and 5 ending late Saturday. I'...
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Winter K2 Update: And They’re Off! (again)
K2 Sherpas and climbers have left for their summit bid. There is a window emerging centered on February Feb 4 and 5 ending this weekend. Thi...
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Sunday, January 31, 2021
Winter K2 Update:No Manaslu Visitors
Rumors have been swirling that some of the K2 summiteers are joining forces with the Manaslu team. We now have two of the K2-Ten saying no, ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Chat with Snorri & Manaslu Progress
K2 climbers continue to stay at Base Camp stalled by the weather but Feb 4 and 5 are looking better. I chat with John Snorri at K2 BC and ro...
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Friday, January 29, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Manaslu Challenges
K2 climbers continue to stay at Base Camp stalled by the weather meanwhile the five or so climbers on Nepal's Manaslu found a huge open ...
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Everest 2021: Special Edition – Video Interview with Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow
As I covered in a recent post, Everest 2021 is coming on soon. There are questions as to whether operators should run their programs at all...
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Everest 2021: Should, Could, Would?
Climbers on winter K2 are watching the weather forecasts with anticipation, hoping a break in the winds will give them their chance. Meanwhi...
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