Everest | Nepal-Tibet Border
Alex Honnold sends kind words of encouragement before Robert Alt’s epic expedition. Watch the video.
Follow along with Robert Alt’s activities the day before he left Columbus, Ohio, for Kathmandu, Nepal.
Robert Alt contrasts U.S.A. vs. rest of the world on weights and measures and how a record-breaking American woman catalyzed his connection with Pasang Dawa Sherpa.
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Robert Alt’s father mailed a postcard from his own trek to Everest Base Camp in the late 1990s that foreshadowed Robert’s 2015 hiking in Nepal.
Robert Alt arrives in Kathmandu, reunites with Nepal's free-market think tank—Samriddhi Foundation—and meets the legendary Pasang Dawa Sherpa.
Robert Alt arrives in Lukla via alternative transportation and treks through several villages in the Khumbu Valley to reach Tengboche.
Robert Alt visits Pangboche's famous monastery, is moved by a poignant memorial to the fallen, reports no yeti sightings thus far, and emphasizes his PROFOUND CLIMBING™ approach to mountaineering.
Robert Alt contends with summit fever on Lobuche, accepts wise counsel from a fictional knight circa 1597, and doubles down on his singlemindedness with his sights unalterably set on Everest, 2025.
Robert Alt makes it to Everest Base Camp after a long journey, describes his first impressions, and enjoys a festive Puja ceremony with Sherpas and fellow climbers.
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Reflect with Robert Alt on the impactful meaning of the pithy Italian phrase verso l’alto.
American mountaineer Robert Alt shares his firsthand perspective as he relishes a front-row seat to observe the inaugural use and impact of drones on Everest for the 2025 climbing season.
Robert Alt extends thanks to those who generously enabled his blogging and to the people who have served as examples in his personal life, professional career, and hobby sport.
Robert Alt conveys how a Czech proverb augured his eventual mountain climbing and wonders whether he was destined to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the exact day he ultimately did in 2025.
