Everest 2023 – The Irish Summary
Summary of Irish climbers on Everest in the 2023 Spring season.
Everest 2023 – The Irish Story
Update of Irish climbers on Everest in the 2023 Spring season.
Noel Hanna – In Memoriam
Tribute to Noel Hanna who died on Annapurna in April 2023.
Everest 2022 – Season Summary
Season summary on progress of Irish climbers on Everest in the 2022 Spring season.
Everest 2022 – The Irish Latest
Update on progress of all Irish climbers on Everest in the 2022 Spring season.
Everest 2022 – The Irish Status
Update on progress of all Irish climbers on Everest in the 2022 Spring season.
Everest 2022 – The Irish Latest
Update on progress of all Irish climbers on Everest in the 2022 Spring season.
Everest 2022 – The Irish Update
Update on progress of all Irish climbers on Everest in the 2022 Spring season.
Everest 2022 – The Irish Outlook
Overview of all Irish climbers attempting Everest in the 2022 Spring season and other Irish related insights on Everest.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …