Wally Berg Berg Adventures posted a report from Gyanendra Shrestha, Nepalese Department of Tourism, from Everest Base Camp today: 120 Nepali climbers & 82 foreign climbers - 202 total successfuly summited Everest this spring as of post.
Photo: Tents on Everest's South Col
Another Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography Jon Griffith beauty from his 2015 spring summit of Ama Dablam.
"Andy Houseman sets up another rapel down the side of 'The Dablam' (massive serac) on the SW ridge on Ama Dablam on summit day."
Hillary Step (now the Hillary Slope) is no longer a crux on Everest summit day...
This iconic Hillary Step is now the Hillary Slope. Photo courtesy of David Liano who summited 12 May. Three large rocks which are part of the mountain are gone as a result of '15 earthquake. Apparently it's become just abit easier to climb Everest.
Congratulations to all Himalayan Experience members and Sherpas successful Everest summit on May 13, 2016
Richard Grant Hunter, Andreas Friedrich, Tracee Lee Metcalfe, Jacob Wilem Ottink, Gregory Scott Paul, Semba Takayasu, Lakpa Nuru, Ngawang Tenjing , Ngima Sona, Phura Namgya, Son Dorjee, Sonam Tashi.
Thurs AM Everest recorded its first foreign expedition summit of the season. British climber Kenton Cool (12th Everest summit), Robert Lucas and two Sherpa guides successfully reached the summit.
According to base camp officials, Kenton, 42, and Lucas, 53, stood at the top of the peak at 8:15 am becoming the first non- Nepalese expedition members to have climbed the Mt Everest after 2014.
Carlos Soria and Juanito Oiarzabal, two Spanish climbers, at Dhaulagiri BC. They are nearing two distinct mountaineering goals; 14x8000ers at an age of 77+ and climbing 14x8000ers twice! From Altitude
Nine sherpas 1st to top out on Everest in two years...
"A Nepali sherpa has led a nine-man team to the top of Mount Everest, becoming the first to scale the world's tallest peak from the Nepali side since a deadly earthquake in 2015 and a fatal avalanche the year before forced climbers to retreat."
Read the entire story: http://ab.co/1Oj7iu
Beautiful Jon Griffith Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography selfie at Ama Dablam Base Camp under a full moon on a misty night — with Aleš Česen & Marcos Costa.
Ridgeline on Sentinel Peak in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia with our riends at Pebbleshoo
Walking the knife edge ridge on Sentinel Peak in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. Exciting!
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Jon Griffin Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography and friends atop Ama Dablam spring 2016.
"Amazing photo and video shoot in tough conditions - a very dry year and first ascent of the season before the fixed lines went up made for a surprisingly challenging climb!" - Jon Griffin
Dispatch from Dan Mazur Summitclimb and Summittrek at Everest Basecamp:
"Lhotse face reopens! Ropes moved to new position. SummitClimb team walk to base of face. Sherpas setup C3. Tomorrow we ascend!."
Colin Haley, Alpinist photographs Dylan Johnson belaying Josh Wharton as he stomps out a tent platform at 6000m on the north ridge of Latok 1.
"Snowy conditions on the route, with lots of big mushrooms on the ridge, and majority rule dictated that we descended the next morning. I’m not proud to have bailed off the route under perfect weather, but I’m pleased that we made it to 6000 meters, one of the better high points in recent decades, in just one day of climbing.”
Alpine Ascents International Everest team members Ben Jones with Jen Loeb and Mario Simoes cold and happy at Camp 2 before dinner this evening. "It's a little chilly (down suits) and windy but beautiful colors on the peaks as the sunsets."
Everest Basecamp Spring 2016 report from Caroline Letrange:
"We've reached Everest BC a couple of days ago. The icefall seems in good condition and loads have been flown by Heli to C1 for the first time, a great improvement since the tragic avalanche. Less teams but the spirit is strong and sceneries still amazing. Everyone is hoping for a good and successful climbing season."
Great photo and story from Wally Berg - Berg Adventures:
"The man standing in this photo is Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa from Namche Bazaar. When I first got to Everest he was the lead Icefall specialist. There was no SPCC in those days, and there was no coordinated, exclusively Sherpa work done on the Icefall route. But Lhakpa was the guy who liked to work in the Icefall and who became most engaged and directive with foreign climbers about route decisions . When we returned in 1990 w...e were surprised to see Lhakpa wearing an Army uniform! It had the Nepalese Army Everest Expedition emblem on the sleeve. Col. CB Gurung was the Expedition Leader and he had hired the best and put him in uniform! In the 1980's we loved the National Public Radio program "Ask Dr. Science" ("Ask Dr. Science, he knows more than you know...") In 1989 Peter Jamieson began calling Lhakpa Gelu "Dr. Icefall" and the name stuck for a few years. For us Lhakpa Gelu was the only "Dr. Icefall", but by the early 90's the term began to be applied to other Sherpas who specialised in Icefall work. Soon after that someone heard it differently and the term "Icefall Doctors" was born."
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Just another Jon Griffith Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography beauty. In a shoot for Millet - Mountain by Experience, Jon shoots back at mountain guide Korra Pesce on the summit of the Grand Jorasses celebrating his tenth ascent of this iconic face.
Nearing the top of the ultra classic Eiger Norwand.
"Exiting out of The Ramp on the Eiger North Face as the evening light does its magic on a cloud inversion far below."
Photo: Jon Griffith Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography
New speed ski record yesterday.......
254.958 km/h sur des skis... C'est signé Ivan Origone et voici la vidéo du run le plus rapide du monde... smile emoticon like emoticon
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Photo: Tents on Everest's South Col'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/q81/s160x160/13232926_1017364691632051_7015784957125195820_n.jpg?oh=ff3cf590c6c0c52c8dc33d12db8cc850&oe=579E69AE)
!['Another @[120793041299250:274:Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography] Jon Griffith beauty from his 2015 spring summit of Ama Dablam.
"Andy Houseman sets up another rapel down the side of 'The Dablam' (massive serac) on the SW ridge on Ama Dablam on summit day."'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s160x160/13232967_1017310621637458_5931805160568124399_n.jpg?oh=f11026af0a1b95c221ad5461a427c736&oe=579CBE56)
!['Carlos Soria and Juanito Oiarzabal, two Spanish climbers, at Dhaulagiri BC. They are nearing two distinct mountaineering goals; 14x8000ers at an age of 77+ and climbing 14x8000ers twice! From @[125426200999668:274:Altitude]'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s160x160/13174004_1012873885414465_9072713788101088139_n.jpg?oh=9f76a0b8a74783fa195984ac32562c18&oe=57D826DD)
!['Beautiful Jon Griffith @[120793041299250:274:Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography] selfie at Ama Dablam Base Camp under a full moon on a misty night — with Aleš Česen & Marcos Costa.'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s160x160/13094190_1008342835867570_6913603807563134236_n.jpg?oh=e096c176e581cc9e19cdd492c31980c3&oe=57D2B435)
!['Jon Griffin @[120793041299250:274:Alpine Exposures- Jon Griffith Photography] and friends atop Ama Dablam spring 2016.
"Amazing photo and video shoot in tough conditions - a very dry year and first ascent of the season before the fixed lines went up made for a surprisingly challenging climb!" - Jon Griffin'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p110x80/13082546_1007937682574752_9109890195355262825_n.jpg?oh=6b1a1162894904a1e75c7f4950f9c6cc&oe=57D28EEE)
!['Dispatch from Dan Mazur @[432592605612:274:Summitclimb and Summittrek] at Everest Basecamp:
"Lhotse face reopens! Ropes moved to new position. SummitClimb team walk to base of face. Sherpas setup C3. Tomorrow we ascend!."'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s200x200/13100951_1006223932746127_7738151048334303721_n.jpg?oh=7fc5226c68cfc39667b22ebed74894bb&oe=57D1BDA8)
