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The company offers trekking and climbing packages, expert guides, and logistical support to clients. Amongst its accolades, it has successfully guided: the world's oldest female on the summit of Everest; [ 4 ] the first blind Asian man on Everest; [ 5 ] the first double summit of Mt. Everest in one season (from Nepal and Tibet); [ 6 ] the first ...
The name is a truncated version of the full name "Himalayan Experience". [1] National Geographic said Himex was the "largest and most sophisticated guiding operation on Everest" in a 2013 article. [2] Himex's team is known for fixing lines on Mount Everest, although in 2012 other teams did this work. [3]
Accordingly K2 is only in the table below for reference and not shown on the map on this page. The interactive map on this page ranks Himalayan peaks above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) and is more inclusive. A peak has a different definition to a mountain and different authorities may use different definitions of either.
Russell Reginald Brice (born 3 July 1952) is a New Zealand mountaineer.He was the owner/manager of Himex (Himalayan Experience Ltd.), [1] a climbing expedition company. He has summited Cho Oyu seven times, Himal Chuli and Mount Everest twice, as well as Manaslu in October 2010, which was his 14th summit of an 8000 m peak.
Bob Kamps (1931–2005) US, pioneer of the golden age of Yosemite climbing and 5.10 and 5.11 routes in America; Harish Kapadia (born 1945) India, Himalayan veteran; Fritz Kasparek (1910–1954) Austria, first ascent of Eiger north face; Peter Kaufmann (1858–1924) Switzerland, guide in Alps and Canadian Rockies
A guide helped this group of Canadians trek near to Everest (in the background on top-left), to the nearby Kala Pathar peak. This is a list of notable Mount Everest guides, which are professional mountaineers (and mountaineering firms) who help people to ascend Mount Everest in the Himalayas in return for fees.
The ninth British expedition was led by John Hunt and organized and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee. Using conventional open-circuit oxygen sets, the summit of Everest was reached at 11:30 a.m. local time on May 29, 1953, by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary [5] and Tenzing Norgay, [6] a Nepali, climbing the South Col route.
The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 35th edition of the international competition climbing series organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 12 locations. There are 18 events: six bouldering , six lead , and six speed events.