Should you get a refund if your Everest expedition ends early?

November 4, 2020 Opinion and advice 8000m peaks, commercial mountaineering, everest, jagged globe, madison mountaineering, mountain hardwear, nepal earthquake, simon lowe, sir ranulph fiennes 11 Comments

Should you get a refund if your Everest expedition ends early?

A case is currently passing through the US legal system that may have immediate implications for Everest expedition operators, and wider implications for guided mountaineering in general. Here’s my take on it.

Everest’s deadliest day – debating Everest’s future

October 15, 2014 Reviews and tributes asian trekking, climbing fatalities, commercial mountaineering, dawa steven sherpa, doug scott, dzi foundation, ed douglas, everest, himalayan trust, jagged globe, media sensationalism, mountain talks, mountaineering ethics, nepal, rebecca stephens, sherpas, simon lowe 9 Comments

Everest’s deadliest day – debating Everest’s future

Everest’s Deadliest Day was the title of a debate at the RGS in London last week, about the April avalanche and what it meant for the future of Himalayan climbing and the economy of Nepal. Here is my account and thoughts about the event.