How Summited Everest Without Bottled Oxygen

How Adrian Ballinger Summited Everest Without Bottled Oxygen One of the numerous interesting stories to come out of this year...

Himalaya Spring 2017: More Summits But End of Season in Sight

It has been a long and very eventful spring season in the Himalaya, that much is certain. Over the past few month we've seen drama, in...

Himalaya Spring 2017: Reports of Dead Climbers at Camp 4 Untrue

We have another story from Everest today that I felt was once again worth giving its own post to just to make sure that it wasn't buried...

Himalaya Spring 2017: Summit Pushes Continue with End of Season in Sight

The current – and probably final – weather window on Everest continues today with more teams heading to the summit. At this point, the numbe...

Himalaya Spring 2017: More Summits on Everest and Dhaulagiri, Near Miss on Shishapangma

The second big summit push is underway on Everest, and teams are now reaching the top with regularity as good weather has arrived once again...

Video: Kilian Jornet Tells Us Why Everest is So Different

While we're all still marveling over Kilian Jornet's latest accomplishment on Everest, and waiting to see what he does next, this ...

Himalaya Spring 2017: So What's The Story with the Hillary Step?

There has obviously been a lot of interest over the past week or so on the current status of the Hillary Step on the South Side of Everest. ...

Himalaya Spring 2017: New Round of Summit Pushes Begin, Illegal Traverse, 4 More Deaths on Everest

As expected, yesterday was a windy one on the summit of Mt. Everest, but conditions should improve today, allowing another round of climbers...

Video: SalomonTV Takes Us on a Dream Trip to Nepal

If you could go on a dream trip, where would it be? For trail runner Tyler Courville, it would be a visit to Nepal to go running with Nation...

Himalaya Spring 2017: More Summits on Everest as Others Line Up For Second Weather Window

More updates from Everest today as the seemingly never-ending summit window continued to stretch out for a third day yesterday. And while wi...

Video: High Winds on Everest

Over the past week or two, we've been reporting on high winds on Mt. Everest, which have dictated when summit pushes can begin or must s...

Himalaya Spring 2017: Weekend Brings Numerous Summits, 4 Deaths on Everest

As expected, it was an incredibly busy weekend on both sides of Mt. Everest. Weather forecasts had called for calming winds on top of the wo...

Video: Climbing the Hillary Step on Everest

Yesterday we learned that the Hillary Step on the South Side of Everest is gone from the mountain. This iconic point was often a source of b...

Himalaya Spring 2017: High Winds on Everest Turning Early Summit Bids Back

All week long we've been closely watching the evolving situation and weather on Everest with the expectation that teams would launch the...

Is the Hillary Step Gone From Everest?

Yes, we've had a lot of news focused on Everest of late, including an update already today. But this new is big enough that I thought it...

Himalaya Spring 2017: It's Finally Go Time on Everest

After years of planning, months of preparation and training, and weeks of acclimatizing and waiting, it's now starting to look like it i...

Himalaya Spring 2017: First Summits of Lhotse, South African Climber Detained

We'll start the day with yet another update on the current climbing scene in the Himalaya, where things are now quickly coming to a head...

Himalaya Spring 2017: More Summits on Everest, Dhualagiri, and Makalu

With mid-May finally here, the pace of climbing has definitely started to pick up in the Himalaya. The season will start to grow short soon,...

Himalaya Spring 2017: Summit Season Begins on Everest

It was an incredibly busy weekend on the world's tallest mountain, as the first summits of the season were notched on both the North and...

Himalaya Spring 2017: Summits on Annapurna Give Italian Couple 14 8000-Meter Peaks Sans Oxygen

As the week comes to an end we have more news of summits in the Himalaya, as well as an updated schedule for fixing ropes on the South Side ...