Can Two Climbers Improve Everest’s Bad Reputation?
Alpinist Conrad Anker climbing through a crevasse between Camp 1 and Camp 2 in the Western Cwm with Nuptse, Lhotse, and Everest in the background on April 14, 2012; Photograph by Cory Richards The...
View ArticleWhat’s the Big Deal About Climbing Everest Without Oxygen?
After making Everest’s first summit without supplemental oxygen with Peter Habeler in 1978, alpinist Reinhold Messner repeated the climb solo in 1980. He stayed on the summit, kneeling here for a...
View ArticleAfter Two Years of Deadly Everest Avalanches, Nepal Introduces New Safety...
Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp. Photograph by Roberto...
View ArticleMountaineers’ Bodies Found 16 Years Later
Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker exult after climbing Rakekniven spire, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, on a National Geographic-funded expedition that was on the cover of the magazine in February 1998;...
View ArticleClimber Remembers the Legendary Alex Lowe
Conrad Anker and Alex Lowe, who were climbing partners and best friends, ski across Patton Glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, in 1997. Photograph by Gordon Wiltse “We knew it was going to happen...
View ArticleWill China’s New Road Clear a Path for More Everest Climbers?
The incredible new paved road from Lhasa to Everest Base Camp at 17,050. The road crosses multiple 5,000-meter-passes with incredible views of five 8,000-meter peaks; Photograph by Adrian Ballinger The...
View ArticleSherpas Summit Everest. Now Come the Crowds
In this photograph taken on May 23, 2013, unidentified mountaineers look out from the summit of Mount Everest; Photograph by Tshering Sherpa, AFP/Getty Images It’s been almost two years since climbers...
View ArticleRecent Everest Summits, Tragedies Mark Return of ‘Normal’ Climbing Season
Photo @coryrichards Climber @adrianballinger returns to the relative safety and comfort of the North Col on Everest’s North side as ChangTse rises into the building convection. Today we climbed to...
View ArticleFirst American Woman Completes Full Everest Summit Without Oxygen
On May 23, mountaineer Melissa Arnot, seen here in 2010, summited Mount Everest for the sixth time, and became the first American woman to complete an ascent of the peak without supplemental oxygen;...
View ArticleSnapchatting Everest: A Bittersweet End for Social-Media-Savvy Climbers
Cory Richards reached the summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen. Photo by Cory Richards. The story of two American mountaineers attempting to climb Everest without oxygen, scrupulously...
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