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Oldest American to summit K2 in 2014; Everest in 2011. Summit Coach, Speaker, Mountaineer, and Alzheimer's Advocate.

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Alan Arnette
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4 years
SUMMIT!!!! All 10 Nepal and Sherpa climbers summited around 3 pm local marking first K2 winter summit and last of the fourteen 8000ers. Mingma G and Nimsdai lead the team
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Winter K2 Update: FIRST WINTER K2 SUMMIT!!!! | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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5 years
China has agreed to give Nirmal Purja a permit to climb Shishapangma to achieve his self-imposed timetable of November 23 to summit all 14 of the 8000ers in seven months.
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5 years
About 30 people summited K2 this season including 7 not using supplemental oxygen. No deaths reported. Good weather and leadership by Nirmal Purja were the keys. Season wrap-up.
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K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – Successful End to K2 Season | The Blog on alanarnette.com

About 30 people summited K2 this season including 7 not using supplemental oxygen. No deaths reported. Good weather and leadership by Nirmal Purja Purja Purja were the keys. Season wrap-up.

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4 years
They #K2winter2021 team summited at 5
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7 years
A story for climbing history: 2 Nanga Parbat climbers in trouble saved only by the skill and strength of K2 climbers 100 miles away and the generosity of the climbing community.
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Nanga Parbat: 1 Saved, 1 Lost and the Spirit of Mountaineering is Strong | The Blog on alanarnett...

A story for climbing history: 2 Climbers on Nanga Parbat, in trouble saved only by the skill and strength of K2 climbers 100 miles away and the generosity and support of the climbing community.

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5 years
An alarming trend of greed, ignorance and ego are behind the 10 deaths already this season in the Himalaya. An opinion piece by Alan Arnette. #everest2019
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In what can only be described as a miracle, Anurag Maloo, 34, was found barely alive deep in a crevasse after disappearing 3 days earlier. A rescue team descended into the crevasse and found him. He's in Kathmandu in critical condition. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Miracle Rescues on Annapurna | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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4 years
#K2winter Looks like all 10 will summit as a group soon.
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5 years
Two huge banners designed to look like a flag were hung from Ama Dablam's summit this week. Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should.
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5 years
It's official! Nirmal Purja has a permit to climb Shishapangma to achieve his self-imposed timetable of November 23 to summit all 14 of the 8000ers in 6 months. He's now on his way.
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Alan Arnette
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6 years
History was made today when Andrzej Bargiel made the first successful, full ski decent from the summit of K2. Another 32 people summited.More attempts currently underway.
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6 years
What will it take to summit K2 in the winter? My view on the basics.
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7 years
Thank you Ueli for showing us what could be done, to live bravely & give back with your generous spirit. You'll be missed #Uelisteck
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4 years
Checked with my local sources for first winter K2 summit- no news. They are probably busy. 😊 I don’t expect an update until they summit around 13:00 local time. Weather remains perfect. Unbelievable.
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Alan Arnette
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4 years
Winter K2: I confirmed directly with Mingma G that he summited Winter K2 and used supplemental oxygen. So proud and happy for him. Well done by all 10. Another 30+ at BC waiting for weather windows to acclimatize/summit.
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Alan Arnette
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5 years
Nirmal Purja and the team completed his summits of the 14 peaks over 8,000-meters in 190 days. Nims posted they made the summit of Shishapangma at 8:58 am hrs local time.
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4 years
In the shadow of the historic achievement on K2, the mountains have taken one of it’s own. Tragically Sergi Mingote has died. Details unclear but while descending from C1 to BC he suddenly collapsed. Aid was given, but he didn't recover.
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Alan Arnette
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4 years
Upfront, there is no 100% confirmed news about: John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo (JP) Mohr Prieto. JP was climbing without supplemental oxygen. Here's what I know.
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Alan Arnette
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5 years
Discussing #Everest2019 What's gone right, wrong and how to fix it, imho. Honored to have been on multiple media outlets over the past few days incl'd BBC to NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, Fox, CBC. This was quite the honor to be on the PBS News Hour last night.
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When the dream of summiting Everest becomes a nightmare

Mount Everest remains the ultimate achievement for many climbers, and the number of people attempting to conquer it continues to grow. May is a prime month for summit seekers. But at least 11...

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Alan Arnette
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7 years
An excellent overview of the winter K2 attempt by NatGeo's Mark Jenkins before Urubko turn back from the summit.
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Polish Climber Denis Urubko Attempts—and Abandons—First Winter Ascent of K2

Polish mountaineers are attempting a historic—some would say insane—winter summit of K2. And then one of them tried for it alone.

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Alan Arnette
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7 years
Elisabeth Revol has been reached! We are witnessing a superhuman effort by the K2 team to climb so fast at night. Denis Urubko, Adam Bielecki found her at 6000m. She is reported to have frostbite on several toes but in generally good shape.
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7 years
For the 1st time in many years, no Sherpa died on Everest - gratitude. #Everest2017
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1 year
An extremely thorough, well-researched and sourced article on what happened to Pakistani Mohammad Hassan on K2 and why he wasn't rescued. #k2023
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Death on the Savage Mountain: What really happened on K2, and why 100 climbers stepped over a dying...

Mohammad Hassan lay dying on the ice as person after person stepped over his motionless body. But there's more to the story than meets the eye.

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6 years
Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki found dead at Camp 2 on Nepal side of #Everest2018 . The 35 year-old had 8 attempts on Everest and 13th on 8000m peaks. He was a true alpinist.
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Everest 2018: Dead on Everest Japanese Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki | The Blog on alanarnette.com

Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki found dead at Camp 2 on Nepal side of #Everest2018. The 35 year-old had 8 attempts on Everest and 13th on 8000m peaks. He was a true alpinist.

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6 years
#Everest2018 season is over. A record 700+ summits and expected 5 deaths, the unprecedented 11 day summit window set up one of the best season ever for climbers. My season summary
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5 years
There’s a chance we could see the first true solo, no supplemental oxygen, winter summit of Everest this week.
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4 years
Welcome to the kick-off for my Everest 2021 coverage! This season will be my 18th season: 12 times covering, another 4 of Everest climbing, and 2 years attempting Lhotse.
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Everest 2021: Welcome to Everest 2021 Coverage | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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5 years
Fox News asked me to write an opinion piece on #Everest2019 .I struggle to find the balance to applaud those who summitted, morn those who died, just be outright mad that climbing Everest is even at this point along with how Nepal can continue to do nothing
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4 years
Sajid Ali Sadpara is back in Base Camp. He is one strong individual. A helicopter did a cursory search but didn't get very high and found no trace of the climbers.
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5 years
Nirmal Purja completed his summits of the 14 peaks over 8,000-meters in 189 days but some are not impressed with his achievement.
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7 years
A special thank you to all on Twitter for following my #Evest2017 coverage with likes and RTs. Thank you!
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6 years
We have the first foreigner summits of the #Everest2018 spring season by Steve Plain, John Gupta with Pemba Sherpa.
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6 years
I'm very excited to announce my return in October 2018 to Nepal for another climb. With a matching grant we will be raising money for the Cure Alzheimer's Fund. Click for details!
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6 years
The Everest 2019 season will began in a few weeks so I am starting my annual coverage now: Welcome to Everest 2019 Coverage
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5 years
While #Everest2019 will probably be a record year for summits, it is also the year that Everest Broke. Many of the deaths were avoidable. Will anything change?
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4 years
The Seven Summits Treks expedition is leaving K2 Base Camp, thus ending the effort for more winter summits. History will show 10 winter summits, 2 deaths and 3 missing for 2020/21
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5 years
The #2019K2 climbing season has begun along with my annual coverage. There are 391 people scheduled to be climbing in the Karakorum this summer with 164 just on K2.
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K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage | The Blog on alanarnette.com

The #2019K2 climbing season has begun along with my annual coverage. There are 391 people scheduled to be climbing in the Karakorum this summer with 164 just on K2.

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5 years
Nirmal Purja and team are at Shishapangma Base Camp. He on track to summit all 14 of the 8000ers in 6 months.
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4 years
Latest 10:30 02/06/21: Sajid Ali Sadpara is descending from C3. Pemba Sherpa will help him. Pakistani military helicopter will take sherpas high on the K2 for search
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #6 | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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5 years
Welcome to the kick-off for my Everest 2020 coverage! I have already posted a few articles on 2020 and am actively covering the current winter Everest attempts so let me officially welcome you.
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2 years
Excited that Outside Magazine has asked me to cover the Mt. Everest climbing season again this year. #everest2023
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1 year
It's always tough to characterize an Everest season, so let's wait to let everything settle before posting my season summary. But one thing is clear, 2023 is the deadliest season ever, and some routine mountaineering practices are broken. #everest2023
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5 years
The K2 season is showing the same crowds and inexperience problems we saw across the 8000ers and Everest that resulted in 21 deaths this past spring. I dig into this scary K2 scenario.
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5 years
10+ summits on K2 on July 24 including Nirmal Purja who now has 10 summits of 8000ers in 4 months. Adrian Ballinger, Carla Perez with no Os. 25+are hoping to summit on July 25.
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5 years
A team of Super Climbers will make one last effort on K2 in dangerous conditions. Nirmal Purja aka "Nims" with his Project Possible will lead the effort asking others to follow.
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6 years
Climbing Everest from the Nepal side became real today with multiple teams scaling the Khumbu Icefall for the first time all the way to Camp 1. It's very hot at C1 #everest2019
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4 years
Nim's confirmed no supplemental oxygen on his 2020/21 Winter summit of K2. Mingma G sill unknown.
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K2 Winter | Update 11 - With or without O2 | Nimsdai

K2 winter was a beast of a challenge. I firmly believe that a feat of such caliber is never possible if you don’t have a purpose or if it is only aimed for your own self glory. 

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4 years
Happy Mt Everest day! Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmond Hillary summited the world’s highest at 11:30 am May 29, 1953. Now, 10,206.
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5 years
Excellent weather across the Karakorum allowed for summits and progress including Nims who got his 7th 8000er in 4 months and a Messner achieving a new route!!
K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – Progress With Good Weather | The Blog on alanarnette.com

Excellent weather across the Karakorum allowed for summits and progress including Nirmal Purja Purja Purja who got his 7th 8000er in 4 months and a Messner achieving a new route!!

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Ed Viesturs’ partial comments on records, “I truly believe that Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all 14 8000ers and should still be recognized as having done so. Climbing mountains is a personal journey, and should not be about being on a list or setting records”
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A successful and deadly week on #Everest2019 . Hundreds of summits and tens of deaths. Were crowds to blame?
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5 years
Nims gets Manaslu leaving the Chinese to give a permit for Shishapangma thus an opportunity for all 14 of the 8000ers in 7 months. Come on China!
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1 year
The death toll climbed to 10, perhaps 11, for the spring 2023 season, with multiple climbers missing. Wednesday, May 24th, may be the last summit day this season. #everest2023
Everest 2023: Weekend Update May 21: Now 11 Deaths, Several Missing | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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4 years
Winter K2 climbers are on their summit push with a solid chance of making history for Sat, a perfect summit day. A Sherpa was hit by rockfall suffering serious injuries.
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Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Soon | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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What a week on Everest, over 400 summits, records broken on 7 consecutive days of summits. All this plus dealing with the "Climber's Abyss" The Weekend Update on May 19/20 2018
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Big Summit Day in the Himalaya with rope teams summiting Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Kanchenjunga. This is a tiny 2 day window with more teams trying to summit tomorrow.
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2 years
As we get closer to Everest 2023, I've updated my annual post of "How Much Does it Cost to Climb Mount Everest?" Prices have risen on both sides, and there is price parity on the Tibet and Nepal sides. Also, I look at some of the most expensive options -…
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5 years
The last #Everest2019 team is now off the mountain as others are headed home. Lots to digest and lots to glean from a successful and difficult season.
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5 years
Welcome to K2 summit week with over 100 expected. Another 15+ summited Broad Peak. Unusually excellent weather, and of course talented climbers are behind the success thus far.
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K2 2019 Summer Season Coverage – More Broad Peak Summits, K2 Climbers enroute to Summit | The Blog...

Welcome to K2 summit week with over 100 expected. Another 15+ summited Broad Peak. Unusually excellent weather, and of course talented climbers are behind the success thus far.

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Winter K2 Summit Update #3 : Tracking the Historic Summit Push
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Winter K2 Summit Update #4 of 4: Tracking the Historic Summit Push | The Blog on alanarnette.com
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