April 2, 2013
Alpenglow's owner and lead guide, Adrian Ballinger, recently did an interview with Alan Arnette discussing Alpenglow's spring plans on Everest and Lhotse, and our innovative rapid-ascent climbs. Here is the full interview:
Did you change your client experience requirements based on your 45 day program?
No. We hold to the same high standards (perhaps the highest in the industry) for both our...
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March 29, 2013
Yesterday I wrote that we were 10 days away from leaving the USA for our Everest and Lhotse Expeditions. I received a few questions and comments about this being later than many other teams head to the Himalaya in the spring. Much of the annual pilgrimage of guides, sherpa, media and hopeful first-time summitters that each year trek up the Khumbu Valley to Everest Base Camp, have already arrived...
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October 10, 2012
Many people have been waiting to hear from Alpenglow about our spring plans on Everest and Lhotse. First, thank you for considering us for your Himalayan climbing plans. After fifteen years in Nepal running successful expeditions on the lesser peaks (9x Ama Dablam, 1x Pumori, 7x Island Peak, 9x Lobuche Peak, and many others) along with five years as Himalayan Experience's lead guide (4x Everest,...
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May 11, 2012
The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:
While I am writing this basking in the unseasonably warm sunshine, the Himalayan Experience Base Camp is slowly being dismantled around me. “The last Sherpa loads were carried down from Camp I this morning and now all our equipment is off the mountain,” Russell said feeling relieved that all his Sherpas have been up and down...
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May 11, 2012
The reasons why Himalayan Experience is pulling out
Over the past few days, many websites and blogs have reported about Russell Brice’s decision to cancel his expedition, speculating on his reasons. In order to preempt rumours and gossip within the climbing community, here is a list of reasons behind this decision.
Already at the beginning of the season, the Sherpas were saying that...
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