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Podcast: Guy Cotter on Making Tenzing, and the Lessons of a Hard Year in the Mountains

October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

If you follow mountaineering, you know Guy Cotter. He summited Everest as a guide with Rob Hall and Gary Ball in 1992, has run Adventure Consultants for thirty years, and has quietly helped bring mountains to the big screen since Vertical…
Changing Mountains, Changing Risk: Is There Always Another Route?

October 6, 2026 · 29 min

Hi everybody, Alan Arnette here with another podcast and a blog on alanarnette.com. It is Monday, October 5th, 2026, and this is going to be a rather reflective podcast.A couple of months ago, I talked about the tragedy on Broad Peak. Many…
Broad Peak 2026 Lessons From a Tragedy

August 14, 2026 · 27 min

Two weeks ago today, on July 30, 2026, ten climbers died in a single avalanche on Broad Peak. The event has received extensive media coverage, in part because Nirmal “Nims” Purja, one of the most consequential mountaineers of his…
Podcast with Ryan Mitchell & Justin Sackett: No O's Everest Update and Plans

August 6, 2026 · 52 min

Ryan Mitchell, a former Summit Coach client, planned to climb two 8000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen with his friend and professional mountain guide, Justin Sackett, but not everything went as planned. In this podcast, we discuss…
Madalin (Cris) Cristea's Everest 2026 Sea-Summit-Sea Podcast

July 3, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min

Romanian Madalin (Cris) Cristea, 34, summitted Everest on May 20, the busiest day of the season, along with 273 other people. But he didn't just "summit"; he summited after walking 1,125 kilometers (approx. 700 miles), starting on March…

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Denali 2026 Coverage: Podcast with Summiteer - John Bartolic

June 17, 2026 · 55 min

The Denali 2026 season is well underway, with a dated climber report as of June 1, 2026, of 513 climbers, mainly on the West Buttress route. 97 climbers have completed their trips, and 381 are left to check in and begin their climbs. One…
Everest 2026 Season Summary–Records, Crowds, Trash & Winds

June 3, 2026 · 33 min

Welcome to my annual Everest summary, where I review what happened and who did what. Quirky. That's my word for Everest 2026. Or perhaps, "normal." The 2026 Everest spring season has come to a close. There were delays, strong winds…
Everest 2026: May 3 Weekend Update Record Season Over & 1 More Death?

May 31, 2026 · 12 min

The 2026 Everest spring season has come to a close, marked by delays, strong winds, changing drone and helicopter rules, and challenging climbing – yet despite the dramatic mainstream press headlines, it was actually a fairly normal…
Everest 2026: May 24 Weekend Update Nearing the End

May 24, 2026 · 25 min

What a week on Everest and Lhotse. The first Everest summits were on May 13 by the rope team, plus a few fast followers. Then the jet came in and stopped everyone, and when it left, well, hundreds summited, including a record 274 on May…
Everest 2026: Garrett Madison Podcast from Camp 2, 2 More Deaths

May 22, 2026 · 10 min

A long-standing tradition is to connect with Garrett Madison, founder of Madison Mountaineering, on an expedition. I caught up with Garrett at Everest Camp 2, 21,500 feet, during their summit push. They are targeting May 25, just a few…
Everest 2026: The Western Team's Turn, My Summit Anniversary

May 22, 2026 · 26 min

After a Nepal-side record 274 summits on May 20, it's time for the Western teams to take their turn. As we've discussed, the Nepali operators follow the rope team as quickly as possible to summit, while the foreign (i.e., Western)…
Everest 2026: Weather Alert and More Summits

May 18, 2026 · 13 min

Despite sporadic winds and a scary weather forecast, Monday, May 18, 2026, saw scores of summits on Everest and a few on Lhotse. The jetstream remains an issue, so I did a brief podcast with meteorologist Chris Tomer, who described the…

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About the show

Alan Arnette is a renowned mountaineer and Alzheimer's advocate. He is well-known in the mountaineering community for his extensive climbing experience and his blog at alanarnette.com, which chronicles his expeditions and provides insights into mountaineering. He summited Mount Everest in 2011, Mount Manaslu in 2013, and K2 in 2014 at 58, making him the 18th and oldest American to summit the second-highest peak in the world. https://www.alanarnette.com