May - Sept 2012 News, Expedition Coverage and Notes

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• 09/27 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Waiting on Weather Window

• 09/27 Tom Whittaker

• 09/27 Cloudveil

• 09/24 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Grandpa at 19,000ft

• 09/24 Nancy Norris

• 09/24 Canada Goose

• 09/21 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Depot Camp 5086M

• 09/21 Stacy Allison

• 09/21 Optics

• 09/19 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Exploring Surrounding Glaciers

• 09/19 Carlos Carsolio

• 09/19 Beal

• 09/15 Alpine Ascent Manaslu: Waiting on the Rain

• 09/15 Alpine Ascents Ranier: The Whole Team Summits

• 09/15 Pete Athans

• 09/15 Helly Hansen

• 09/13 Karakorum Magic Mountain's Nanga Parbat Expedition

• 09/13 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Base Camp

• 09/13 Alpine Ascent Manaslu: Base Camp

• 09/13 Alpine Ascents Ranier: 11 Summit

• 09/13 Chris Bonington

• 09/13 Mountain Hardwear

• 09/10 Alpine Ascent Manaslu: Resting and Acclimating

• 09/10 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Ingraham Flats

• 09/10 Laurie Skreslet

• 09/10 Shoes and Boots

• 09/08 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Provisioning & Conditioning

• 09/08 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Heading to Paradise

• 09/08 Byron Smith

• 09/08 Emergency Items

• 09/06 Alpine Ascent Manaslu: Jungle Valleys, Cooler Temps & Lush Waterfalls

• 09/06 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Beautiful Views from 10, 000ft

• 09/06 Jim Whitaker-  A Life on the Edge

• 09/06 Compasses & Instruments

• 09/04 Summit Climb's Dhaulagiri Expedition: Prep in Kathmandu

• 09/04 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Summit Attempt Today

• 09/04 Will Cross-  Dreams in Depth

• 09/04 Millet

• 08/31 Alpine Ascent Manaslu: Leaving Yak & Yeti for Arughat

• 08/31 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Snow School and High Camp

• 08/30 Alpine Ascents Ranier: Successful Summit

• 08/30 Majka Burhardt-  Explorer, Writer, Filmmaker

• 08/30 Steals of the Week

• 08/28 Alpine Ascent Manaslu

• 08/28 Alpine Ascents: Preparing for Summit Bid

• 08/28 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Valle Blanche traverse to Italy!

• 08/28 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team Mwanasimba and Mtotos Summit

• 08/28 Sue Ershler- The Journey to the Top

• 08/28 Knives & Tools

• 08/25 Alpine Ascents: Mt Rainier 3DM Summits

• 08/25 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Stormy weather = Via Ferrata fun!

• 08/25 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team Mwanasimba and Mtotos Check In

• 08/25 Sharon Wood

• 08/25 Compasses & Instruments

• 08/21 Alpine Ascents: Mt Rainier Summit

• 08/21 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Team Schrund Munchers Summit

• 08/21 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: "Crazy Cool Bananas" Safely Back in Arusha

• 08/18 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: "Crazy Cool Bananas" Summit!

• 08/16 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Highlights from the first 3 days

• 08/16 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team 9 "Cool like a banana" Up Lava Tower

• 08/16 Peter Hillary- Climb Your Own Everest

• 08/16 Ice Axes and Tools

• 08/14 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Trip 3 Underway

• 08/14 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team 9 "Cool like a banana" at Shira Camp

• 08/14 Ed Viesturs- Seeking the Highest Places

• 08/14 Mountain Hardwear Absolute Zero Suit (Past Season)

• 08/10 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team Rose Bowl Summits!

• 08/08 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Hunters Summit; Rosebowl Hunts Summit

• 08/08 Bear Grylls Motivational Speaker

• 08/08 Advanced Base Camp (ABC)

• 08/06 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Barranco Wall, Shira Camp, and Lava Tower

• 08/06 David F. Breashears- Motivational Speaker

• 08/06 Camping and Hiking Gear

• 08/05 Broad Peak Summits 2012

• 08/04 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Teams Climb to the Roof of Africa!

• 08/04 Yuri Contreras

• 08/04 Travel

• 08/01 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: New Teams Prepare, Others Summit

• 08/01 Jamling Tenzing Norgay

• 08/01 Cycling

• 07/31 K2 Summits!

• 07/30 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Sunrise below Mont Blanc

• 07/30 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Looking North from the Summit of Chopicalqui

• 07/30 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Teams Report

• 07/30 Clare O'Leary

• 07/30 Rock Climbing Shoes

• 07/28 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Mont Blanc Team 2, AKA “Blanc Géants Américains”

• 07/28 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Team 5 Heads From Arusha Up To Machame Camp, Hoping For Clouds To Part Tomorrow For Views Of Kilimanjaro

• 07/28 Dr. Peter Hackett

• 07/28 Kayaking and Paddling Gear

• 07/26 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc:  Riding The Montenvers And Practicing Ice Climbing

• 07/26 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Teams Report In...

• 07/24 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc: Summit Celebration back in Chamonix!

• 07/24 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Konstantin takes the “Team Hermes” flag to the summit of Chopicalqu

• 07/24 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Kilimanjaro Team 3 Reaches Machame Camp, Prepares to Climb to Shira

• 07/24 Stefan Gatt

• 07/24 Backpacks and Bags

• 07/21 Alpine Ascent's Mont Blanc: Team 1 Summits Mont Blanc in Tough Conditions. Congrats!

• 07/21 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Team Hermes at the Chopicalqui Moraine Camp

• 07/21 Sibusiso Vilane

• 07/21 Climbing Gear

• 07/19 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Team Hermes summits Pisco Oeste! Big congrats to all team members!!

• 07/19 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Calimanjaro Summits! Tired Climbers Safely Back to Millennium Camp at 12,000FT

• 07/19 Lene Gammelgaard

• 07/19 Vinson Expedition

• 07/17 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb: Kosovo High Camp

• 07/17 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Team Hermes Reaches Advanced Base Camp on Pisco, Prepares For Summit Day Amidst Beautiful Peaks

• 07/16 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Team Hermes from Pisco Oeste Base Camp

• 07/16 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Karanga Camp and Balloon Animals

• 07/16 Rebecca Stephens

• 07/16 Elbrus Expedition

• 07/15 China Pakistan Friendship Expedition Scales Spantik Peak

• 07/15 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Team Hermes Summits Ishinca

• 07/15 Alpine Ascents Denali: Unfavorable Conditions Force Final Teams Down

• 07/15 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  "Calimanjaro" At Shira Camp

• 07/11 K2 Expedition 2012:  Oxana Morneva Injured

• 07/11 Alpine Ascents' Great Peaks of Peru Expedition:  Preparing for Ishinca High Camp

• 07/11 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Team Uhuru Y'all Wrap Up

• 07/11 Alpine Ascents Denali: Some Descending, Some Holding Out

• 07/11 Chris Bonington

• 07/11 Aconcagua Expedition

• 07/10 Alpine Ascents Denali: Team 12 Out of Weather Days

• 07/09 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Team Uhuru Y'all Summits

• 07/09 Alpine Ascents Denali: Groundhog Day Again?

• 07/09 Broughton Coburn

• 07/09 Kilimanjaro Expedition

• 07/07 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Team Uhuru Y'all

• 07/07 Alpine Ascents Kilimanjaro Climb:  Team Rosters

• 07/07 Alpine Ascents Denali: Igloos and Storm Walls

• 07/07 Laurie Skreslet

• 07/07 Ecco

• 07/06 Alpine Ascents Denali: Updates Teams 11, 12, 13 & 14

• 07/06 Carlos Carsolio

• 07/06 Helly Hansen

• 07/05 K2 Expedition 2012

• 07/05 China Youth Spantik Expedition

• 06/27 Alpine Ascent's Denali Expedition Teams: Quick Updates

• 06/27 Alpine Ascent Denali: Team 11 Waiting for Weather to Clear for Summit Bid

• 06/23 Iran Broad Peak Expedition

• 06/23 Alpine Ascent Denali: Team 11 Heading to 14,000ft Camp

• 06/23 Alpine Ascent's Denali Expedition Teams

• 06/08 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Final Report

• 06/08 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Trip Summary

• 06/08 Dan Mazur

• 06/08 Sleeping Bags

• 06/05 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Kathmandu!

• 06/05 Stefan Gatt

• 06/05 Asolo

• 05/30 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Dream Summit

• 05/30 Sea to Summit

• 05/29 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Summit Details

• 05/29 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Team safe on the North Col.

• 05/29 Jim Whitaker-  A Life on the Edge

• 05/27 Everest 2012: Summits continues! Summitclimb summits 3 more on 27th: Jan Smith, oldest Australian female (68 years old), joined by Tenji and Gyalje Sherpa summit!

• 05/26 Everest 2012: Summits continues! Summitclimb summits 2 more on 26th: Beow Lim  and Pasang Sherpa summit!

• 05/26 Everest 2012: Everest 2012:  24 more summits form Asian Trekking Groups

• 05/26 Everest 2012: Far from over.... expect summits and summit attempts for the next week

• 05/26 Everest 2012: Teams summiting includes Asian trekking 24, IMG , Mountain Trip and SummitClimb

• 05/26 Everest 2012: 82 more Summit Everest from the South

• 05/25 Everest 2012: Summits, Summits and more summits ! Kenton Col, Canadians, New Zealand Groups and more ...

• 05/24 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: 4 Members stay for second Everest summit attempt

• 05/24 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Camp 3 Tomorrow

• 05/23 Everest 2012: Luigi Rampini who was reported dead by  'reporters' is descending the mountain; alive.

• 05/23 Everest: Climbers above Balcony, other waiting a day at high camp... Expect several summits tonight and the next day

• 05/23 Everest: A big Wave heads up again ...

• 05/23 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Expedition Summary

• 05/23 Will Cross-  Dreams in Depth

• 05/23 Chaco

• 05/22 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Team heading back out of ABC for the summit of Mt. Everest

• 05/22 Eco Everest Expedition 2nd Summit Group

• 05/22 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: All Safely Back in Base Camp

• 05/22 Majka Burhardt-  Explorer, Writer, Filmmaker

• 05/22 Osprey

• 05/21 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Lhotse Team Summits!

• 05/21 More deaths on Everest: Song Won-Bin and Shriya Shah-Korfine : both died coming down after summits on the South side (Nepal side) of Everest

• 05/21 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Jacques Puyo (France) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal) Expected Back at ABC

• 05/21 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Back Down to Camp 2

• 05/20 Asain Trekking's Eco Everest and International Everest Exp.2012: Sad demise of Dr. Eberhard Schaaf

• 05/20 Asain Trekking's Eco Everest and International Everest Exp.2012: List of Summiters

• 05/20 7 Summits Club Everest Expedition: Summit!

• 05/20 Ueli Steck (without oxygen) and Tenzing Sherpa Summits Everest

• 05/20 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Jacques Puyo (France) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal) summit Mt. Everest!!

• 05/20 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Safely back to South Col.

• 05/20 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update:  Ms Watanabe Breaks Own Record & Other Everest Summiters

• 05/20 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update:  Summit Push

• 05/19 Summitclimb Nepal Team heading for the summit tomorrow!!

• 05/19 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: SUMMIT!!

• 05/19 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: 300ft from the Summit

• 05/19 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: On the Way to Camp 4

• 05/19 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Heading to Camp 3

• 05/19 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Summit & Lhotse Fixing

• 05/19 Everest: Summits on Both sides, details coming in: IMG summits 22, AC 16, Asian Trekking, more and more

• 05/18 Everest: Hundreds head to the summit!

• 05/18 Everest South Side: Routes in Summits by fixing team, Chileans also summit!

• 05/18 Everest North Side: Routes in Summits by fixing team

• 05/17 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Hoping for Lhotse and Everest Summits

• 05/17 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Hoping for Summit Bid

• 05/17 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Summit Push Saturday!

• 05/17 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update, May 17

• 05/15 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Summit Rotation Off to Good Start

• 05/15 Sue Ershler- The Journey to the Top

• 05/15 Backpacks & Bags

• 05/14 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Headed up for ABC

• 05/14 Asian Trekking's International DAV Manaslu Expedition Spring 2012 Updated

• 05/14 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update, May 14

• 05/12 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Waiting on the Weather

• 05/12 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Working with the Forces of Nature

• 05/12 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Climbing team returns from drop back, Camp 4 stocked & ready

• 05/11 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update, May 11

• 05/11 Sharon Wood

• 05/11 Climbing & Mountaineering

• 05/10 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: It's all about timing...

• 05/10 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Returning to Base Camp

• 05/10 Mountain Hardwear

• 05/09 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Dropping Back & Recovering

• 05/09 Peter Hillary- Climb Your Own Everest

• 05/08 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Team Acclimatized and Resting

• 05/08 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: Weather Clearing

• 05/08 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Resting and Fixing

• 05/08 Ed Viesturs- Seeking the Highest Places

• 05/08 Rock Climbing Shoes

• 05/07 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Heading to Camp 3

• 05/07 Summitclimb Everest Tibet 2012: May 4 Dispatch

• 05/05 Annapurna 2012: Ultimately too risky

• 05/05 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Return from Second Rotation
• 05/05 Asian Trekking's Eco, Lumbini to Everest, & Peace Expeditions Update, May 4
• 05/05 Bear Grylls-
• 05/05 Climbing Gear
• 05/03 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Preparing for Camp 3
• 05/02 Summitclimb Everest Nepal 2012: Advanced Base Camp
• 05/02 7 Summits Club Everest Expedition: In a Trap
• 05/01 Alpine Ascents Everest 2012: Resting at Camp 2
• 05/01 David F. Breashears

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