Video: Ed Viesturs Shares His Perspective on Everest

As the first American to summit all 14 8000-meter peaks, Ed Viesturs is amongst the most well known and respected climbers in the world. In ...

Everest 2014: The Season of Controversy Continues on the South Side

The main summit push on Everest may be over, but controversy continues to surround the world's highest peak this spring. This past weeke...

Himalaya 2014: An Update on Cleo Weidlich

There as been a lot of reports, both on this blog and elsewhere, about American climber Cleo Weidlich's attempt to summit Lhotse this sp...

Everest 2014: Success on the Big Hill at Last!

Due to the holiday here in the U.S. yesterday, this report on activity in the Himalaya is a bit delayed, but I wanted to update everyone on ...

Himalaya 2014: Tragedy on Kangchenjunga, More Summit Attempts

As the Himalayan climbing season begins to wind down, we have the sad news of the loss of more climbers, amidst reports of summit bids that ...

Video: Counting Stars in the Himalaya

Remember that epic selfie video I posted last week? Well, we have something similar in the video below, but this time the filmmaker, Guido ...

Video: Counting Stars in the Himalaya

Remember that epic selfie video I posted last week? Well, we have something similar in the video below, but this time the filmmaker, Guido ...

Everest 2014: Trouble on the North Side?

With a weather window approaching over the next few days, it looks like the summit bids will finally begin on Mt. Everest. In fact, if every...