Escape Mountaineering

30/11/2021

Yeti go again!

24/11/2021

Sunrise from the Hotel Tibet Kathmandu Nepal

12/11/2021

It's a scary place to be on top of a huge mountain ridge.

Watch as a helicopter drops a rescuer near the summit of Aoraki/Mt Cook and then airlifts a stranded climber to safety in a dramatic record rescue mission.

20/10/2021

Terrible news coming out of Nepal.

Solukhumbu: Heavy snowfall, coupled with incessant rain, has killed a porter and left 10 tourists, including two foreign nationals, trapped on the Mera Peak, a mountain featuring high altitude trekking route, in Sankhuwasabha–an eastern district of Nepal.  The deceased has been identified as Jeev...

13/05/2021

Unfortunately 2 climbers have passed away on Mt Everest. Both died descending the mountain despite their climbing Sherpas best efforts to get them down safely.

alanarnette.com is a site covering big mountain climbing including Everest, K2, and the 7 summits. All based on Alan's experience including Everest in 2011 and the oldest American at 58 to summit K2 in 2014.

05/05/2021

Everest update mid climbing season.

alanarnette.com is a site covering big mountain climbing including Everest, K2, and the 7 summits. All based on Alan's experience including Everest in 2011 and the oldest American at 58 to summit K2 in 2014.

20/03/2021

Interesting

Everest 2021: Nepal Removes Quarantine for Vaccinated Foreigners  Add commentsMar 192021   Continuing a circuitous path for visitors to navigate, Nepal now says that if a foreigner has been vaccinated they can enter Nepal not go through quarantine. This includes trekkers and those climbing mountai...

11/03/2021

Wow commitment to the cause willing to loose a finger or toes for the 1st summit of K2. Most people will.necwr understand how cold this sort of environment can get.

I take my hat of to this team of climbers representing their culture

08/02/2021

Age is no barrier

20/01/2021

Mingma G spoke to Alan Arnette about K2 summit day.

I was able to connect with Mingma Gyalje Sherpa today as he arrived in Skardu from his K2 summit. The Pakistani government generously flew his three-person team from K2 Base Camp.