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Umesh Panicker recalls near-death experience at Everest Camp One after being forced to abandon his ascent

All-Canadian team completes successful expedition to the top of Canada After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak. Rebecca Haspel, Toby Harper-Merrett, Alison Criscitiello and Zac Robinson on Mount Logans summit, May 18, 2021. (Photo: Zac Robinson) May 28, 2021 Mission accomplished! The Mount Logan Ice Expedition team has successfully completed their first of two ascents to the summit of Yukon’s Mount Logan....

May 18, 2021 Vanessa O’Brien climbs to Camp 2 on K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. O’Brien has climbed the highest peak on every continent, skied to both poles, and reached the oceans’ lowest depths. Estalin Suarez Valladolid Fatigued, her adrenaline spent, her body trembling and her mind numb, Vanessa O’Brien tried hard to savour the moment. After a gruelling expedition of more than 50 days and a severe test of her mountaineering skills, physical stamina and mental strength...

Austrian Lukas Furtenbach imposed stringent controls over his team at Everest Base Camp. As the owner of Furtenbach Adventures, he brought thousands of COVID test kits to the world’s highest peak, hired a team doctor, and limited any exposure with anyone outside his team, including his Sherpas, cooks, and other Base Camp staff.  It wasn’t enough. Even though Furtenbach’s team had completed their acclimatization hikes and were waiting for a weather window for a summit attempt, on May 15 h...

MIAMI (AP) — From a windowless cell in a maximum-security prison in Colombia, Yacsy...

Excerpted from The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again, by Jim Davidson. Out April 20, 2021, from St. Martin’s Press—available for pre-order now! I stood outside the mess tent at 2:10 a.m., shifting my weight from one leg to the other. As each climber and guide pair departed base camp, they shook hands with several expedition crew members who lined up to see us off. Wishes of “Good luck” and “Namaste” were exchanged. As I ...