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Jeffery Parrette writes of events in 2014 and 2015 in the Nepal Himalaya, with end notes listing numerous sources. The essay covers the 2014 cyclone Hudhud; Everest climbers in spring 2015; the April 25, 2015 earthquake in the Everest region; earlier earthquakes in Nepal; a comparison of the 1934 and 2015 earthquakes; and how the 2015 earthquake affected Nepal and its mountaineering and trekking.
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Jeffery Parrette, the longtime editor of this section, retired in winter 2016. During the transition to a new editor of this section, Steven Jervis gives a report on Denali.
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Nepal struggles to rebuild after the 2015 earthquake. Everest summiters numbered 456 in spring 2016. Three climbers make the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat. Reflections on Tommy Caldwell, Keith Jorgeson, and Alex Honnold’s climbing in Yosemite. In Patagonia, Honnold and Colin Haley attempt the Torre Traverse and then climb it in reverse. In Memoriam: Nick Clinch. Jeffery Parrette resigns as Appalachia's Alpina editor after 29 years, and four who worked with him write tributes.
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A quick summary of new routes on big mountains. Six climbers died and two lied about their summit success in spring 2016 on Everest. The first woman to ascend Everest (in 1970), Junko Tabei, has died of cancer. A British pair ascended the formerly unclimbed Gave Ding in 2015. Americans Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson died attempting Pakistan’s Ogre I and Ogre II. Colin Haley climbed Mount Foraker solo. A solo climb of Mount Robson in Canada. New records on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Accidents and deaths mar the 2016 season in the Tetons. Michael Levy profiles Ken …
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The review of mountaineering in the greater ranges includes: a winter ascent of K2. A new measurement of Mount Everest. Hard climbs in Pakistan. Two climbers ascend Mount Roraima in Guyana. Jeff and Priti Wright ascend K6 Central and K6 West. Nepal’s economy struggles during the pandemic. Emily Harrington free-climbs the Golden Gate route on El Capitan. In memoriam: Ang Rita Sherpa, Doug Scott, Hamish MacInnes, George Whitmore, and Cesare Maestri.
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Teams fail to climb K2 in winter 2017. American climber Conrad Anker suffers a heart attack on Lunag-Ri. Everest’s spring 2017 season brings 373 permitted climbers, including two women who make records: Uto Ibrahimi becomes the first woman from Albania to summit, and Tsang Yin Hung of Hong Kong sets a female speed record. Ueli Steck dies in a fall on Nuptse. In Memoriam: Royal Robbins, by Michael Wejchert. And more.
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The strange science of grading climbs is explained. Tributes to the late Norman Dyhrenfurth and Fred Beckey. After an avalanche in Montana kills young skier Inge Perkins, her surviving companion Hayden Kennedy ends his life. Female Sherpas and several women climbers achieve many feats in the Nepal Himalaya. Journalist and Himalayan Database creator Elizabeth Hawley dies.
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Climbers on Everest in 2018 verified that the rock formation called the Hillary Step is gone. Trash mars the world’s highest peak. A Polish team tried K2 in winter. Denali institutes a new human waste policy. Tribute to Jim "The Bird" Bridwell. Steven Jervis’s tribute to Leif-Norman Patterson.
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Climbs in 2017 include the South Ridge of Mount Huntington in Alaska, Cerro Kishtwar in India, Rungofarka in Kashmir, and more. Tributes to the late Tom Frost and Jeff Lowe. Discussion of films released in 2018 of the free climbs of Yosemite’s El Capitan.
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A 10-year-old climbs the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in June 2019. A dog summits Baruntse in Nepal in November 2018. Everest’s buy 2019 season. Eight die on Nanda Devi. Climbers fail to summit K2 in winter. Fitz Roy is free-soloed. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer die on Howe Peak.
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Nirmal Purja of Nepal climbs all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in under seven months. Climate change alters routes in the Alps. David Lama summits Lunag Ri in October 2018 but dies in Canada six months later. And more.
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Tributes to Joe Brown, Dee Molenaar, John Evans, and Mark Powell. Most climbing in the greater ranges halts in early 2020. Reports of climbs and attempted climbs on Ama Dablam, Everest, and in Patagonia.