Ascent Into Hell by Fergus White: An authentic account of climbing Everest

October 14, 2020 Reviews and tributes altitude junkies, anne-mari hyrylÃ¤inen, book reviews, commercial mountaineering, everest, fergus white, jon krakauer, mountain literature, peak freaks, the chomolungma diaries, tim rippel 13 Comments

Ascent Into Hell by Fergus White: An authentic account of climbing Everest

When I published The Chomolungma Diaries in 2012, there were very few books about climbing Everest written from the perspective of a commercial client. Now there are several and one runaway success has been Ascent into Hell by Fergus White.

Manaslu: a tale of two mountaineers

October 13, 2011 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, altitude junkies, altitude sickness, anne-mari hyrylÃ¤inen, bottled oxygen, chongba sherpa, himex, ian cartwright, juanito oiarzabal, kami neru sherpa, lhotse, manaslu, nepal, old post, pasang ongchu sherpa, phil crampton, russell brice

Manaslu: a tale of two mountaineers

It’s October 5, 2011, and the summit crown of Manaslu is at the top of a short snow couloir on the right of the summit slope. I can see my friend Ian Cartwright waiting at the top, and each time