Mt. Everest Summited Today Via the South for the First Time in 3 Years

“9 Sherpa using supplemental oxygen became the first to summit on the South Side of Everest in the past 3 years. Lots of friends in the fixing team, and they called us from the summit at 5pm, exhilarated. Congratulations!” – Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow Expeditions

• In 2015, on April 25th a 7.8-magnitude caused an avalanche that killed 18 climbers and sherpa in Everest base camp.  At least 22 people were killed – the worst disaster in Everest history.

• In 2014, on April 18th, a avalanche came down and killed 16 sherpa in the Khumbu Icefall – the worst disaster in Everest history up to that point.

Because of the two avalanche disasters above, no one climbed Everest in 2014 and 2015 from the South Side.  

A big congrats to the super-human Sherpa who summited and fixed lines to the summit today!  Such badasses.