Everest 2021 – The ‘WTF’ Season!!!
Everest – New Height Announced
Everest has a new official height… 8848.86 metres / 29,031.69 feet. The new height was announced on December 8th 2020 in a joint statement by the Survey Department of Nepal and Chinese authorities, and is the culmination of many years of work to definitively measure the height of the highest peak on earth, initiated by …
Everest 2016 – The Irish Story
Everest Season 2016 – The Irish Story The Everest 2016 season has reached its conclusion with expeditions heading home on both Nepal and Tibet sides. It was a very successful season for Irish climbers, with four summits creating new and exciting records, and bringing the total number of successful summits by Irish climbers to 53. Mary Scannell became the …
My Top 10 Everest Tips
Top Everest Tips Everest prep is in full flow for many climbers around the world, as countdown to the 2016 season continues. After two disastrous seasons, everyone is hoping for better fortunes in 2016. I won’t be going this year. Being out there during the two biggest disasters in the history of Everest in 2014 …
Nepal – Shakes, Debates & Dilemmas
Nepal is emerging from the sort of five-month period that would bring any country to its knees. 9236 dead, 600,000 homes destroyed, millions affected, entire towns wiped out in two major earthquakes & subsequent avalanches, political turmoil & violent street protests and a divisive constitution ratified. So here is my dilemma… I am caught between wanting to feverishly promote Nepal …
Denali & McKinley – Did You Know
It’s official… The highest peak in North America has been renamed Denali. Here are some facts about the mountain, how it came to be known as Mount McKinley and the US President whose name association with the peak is now at an end. Denali – The Mountain Denali in Alaska is the highest peak in North …
Everest 2015 Announcement
Next weekend I return to Nepal to complete my Everest mission following the disappointment of last years cancellation due to the tragic avalanche which claimed the lives of 16 Sherpa and led to the effective shut-down of a season which witnessed 19 deaths, including one of our expedition staff members. This will be a difficult and emotional period for those families and for …
Testing nerves on Carrauntoohil
With less than a month to go until Everest 2015, I planned to hit Carrauntoohil (Irelands highest peak) on Friday last for a day of hiking with 25kg in my backpack to test balance, ankle strength, shoulder/core strength and any niggles with the backpack and gear ahead of Everest 2015. What transpired was a sheet of ice …
Interview: 7 Summits + Everest
In January 2015, the Irish Independent ran an article on our plans for Everest 2015. The published interview between journalist Joanna Kiernan and Paul Devaney was part of a larger Q&A exchange which took place in December 2014 and which is shown here. Can you tell me a little about the aborted Everest mission in April …
Carrauntoohil – Cross Examination
Carrauntoohil – Cross Examination (Thoughts of Paul Devaney following the Cross controversy) What’s all the fuss about? Someone cut down the 16-foot high steel cross from the top of Irelands highest peak (Carrauntoohil). How did they do that? Probably took a saw or grinder with them to the top – took a bit of effort. Was …
The Heights of Sacrifice
On April 18th 2014 I was almost half-way through the final chapter in the Seven Summits voyage when the deadly avalanche struck the Khumbu icefall, a section of the mountain which we were preparing to climb through a few days later. The death of 16 Sherpa and the ensuing political drama involving some Sherpa and the Nepalese …
Seventh Summit – Documentary
In August 2014 the RTE Radio One ‘Doc on One’ series featured a documentary following Paul Devaney on his Antarctica and Everest expeditions in pursuit of the Seven Summits. Paul and his climbing buddy Niall O’Byrnes were on Everest in April 2014 when they found themselves in the middle of the biggest disaster in Everest …
In Pursuit of Seven
On the morning of Good Friday 2014, I was ascending fixed ropes near the top of Leboche East at 6119m as part of final pre-acclimitisation before starting the one-month rotations up the high mountain and through the various camps that lead to the top of Everest. We reached the summit at 9am after six hours …
RTE 2FM Interview
Paul and Niall take part in an in-studio interview with Dave Fanning following their return from the dramatic events of Everest 2014.
RTE Radio 1 Interview
Paul and Niall take part in an in-studio interview with Brenda Donohoe following their return from the dramatic events of Everest 2014.
Everest 2014 – Our Final Week
Friday 18th April: On the day of the avalanche we were climbing Leboche East (6119m) as part of our acclimatizing process in advance of our first trip through the icefall to Camp 1 scheduled for three days later. The climb began at 4am and took us up fixed ropes onto an impressive plateau overlooking Everest …
Everest 2014 – Season Abandoned
Paul Devaney & Niall O’Byrnes, Kathmandu, 27 April 2014 It is with heavy heart and a great deal of disappointment that the Irish Seven Summits team confirms the early and unexpected termination of our Everest expedition on 25th April 2014. On Friday we were airlifted from Everest Base Camp and flown away from our goal …
RTE Interview – Nepal
Paul talks to Mary Wilson on RTE Drivetime live from Lukla in Nepal just hours after the teams Everest 2014 expedition was officially cancelled.
Altitude Training for Everest
Preparation for Everest 2014 included living for 2000 hours in simulated altitude in the Altitude House at UL from July 2013 to March 2014. The University of Limerick facility is the only residential altitude training centre in Ireland and UK, providing elite sports people simulated altitude conditions while also availing of the world-class sports facilities …
