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Momentum Matters: Why Everest in the Alps Can’t Slow Down Now

A note from our Founder: Rob Ritchie After more than a decade of Everest in the Alps, it would be easy to believe the hardest part is behind us. The Centre exists. The research is underway. The science is moving forward. From the outside, it can look like the job ...

10/02/2026

Inside the Everest Centre

Seeing the impact first-hand. Recently, Rob and Tanya Ritchie visited the Everest Centre in Heidelberg. After more than ten years of Everest in the Alps, years of training, fundraising and climbing in partnership with The Brain Tumour Charity, this was a rare moment to step inside the laboratories their community ...

27/01/2026

Author: Anna Rae Dowling

Everest on Snowdon

Our Journey. We started our journey at the end of 2019 hoping to take part in the ultimate endurance ski touring challenge, Everest in the Alps, uphill skiing the height of Mount Everest, the equivalent of running 12 marathons in 4 days. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the event from ...

26/05/2021

Promising developments from the Everest Centre

Promising developments for paediatric low grade glioma drug This new analysis of the data from multiple previous clinical trials is already informing upcoming clinical trials like ‘Low Grade Glioma In Children’ (LOGGIC), which is being set up across Europe and the UK. This analysis is the largest that has been ...

23/11/2020

Ski Touring in Scotland

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IT FOR YOUR EiA PREPARATION If you are new to ski touring and looking for some time on skis before the EIA event in 2021 then the current COVID-19 restrictions are probably feeling even more annoying right now! Nipping over to the Alps for a few ...

20/11/2020

Meet the EiA Team Member: Jon Cooper

Another person training hard for EiA 2021 is Jon Cooper. Someone who has been taking on challenge after challenge since 2013 (although usually on 2 wheels!). This will be his first ski touring challenge… Who are you? Jon Cooper, a 52-year-old married father of 3, living in Oxted. I have ...

11/11/2020

Gym Free Training during Lockdown 2.0

A message to all our team members… Gyms may be closed but firstly…don’t panic! Hopefully by now you have a good training regime in place with a mixture of endurance, strength and mobility work. Your endurance work should be mostly outside so that you can use these sessions to get ...

09/11/2020

Meet James Ross: Safety Consultant, Wilderness Paramedic… and EIA Guide

As well as being a lead guide for Everest in the Alps, James has extensive experience supporting a range of projects all over the world, including exploratory mining, anti-poaching operations and TV / Film productions. With a military background he is now an experienced Risk Management Consultant and Safety Advisor. ...

14/10/2020

Best Ski Touring Kit 2021

When It comes to ski touring kit, it’s always a trade off between weight and performance. Lighter kit allows you to go further and explore more, whilst higher performance kit enables you to make the most out of all the conditions when skiing the descent. Brands have spent years working ...

09/10/2020

Everest in the Alps and the Brain Tumour Charity – Five years on!

Five Years Ago… Everest in the Alps founder Rob Ritchie had the amazing (crazy!) idea to create an epic challenge to raise funds to set up a dedicated research centre for low grade paediatric brain tumours, following his son Toby’s diagnosis. Five years ago, that first Everest in the Alps ...

04/09/2020

Meet the Team: Team Sāhasa

Everest in the Alps 2021 is filling up fast! With the next in our ‘meet the team’ series, we bring you Team Sāhasa. A group of 4 close friends, all busy professionals with young families, carving out time to train together over the next six months, with the goal of ...

03/09/2020

Meet the sisters ready to smash Everest in the Alps next year

Two sisters, one significant birthday and a mighty challenge: Meet Emily Lovell and Wigs Catto. Who are you? Em: My name is Em, and I live in Wiltshire. I’ve run a few marathons and love to stay fit, although this will be a super challenge for me as I’m not ...

27/07/2020

Everest in the Lakes – What’s it really like?

On a cold weekend in December last year, a brave group of people were tackling Everest in the Lakes – The Recce. Amongst them was EiA Personal Trainer Becky Scott, ready to test the theory, the route, the kit and whether tackling half the height of Everest in one weekend ...

29/06/2020

Meet the 2021 Team Member: Will Smith

2021 may seem a while off but it seems people are eager to start thinking about the future and to give themselves something to aim for and train for. In the first of this years popular ‘meet the team member’ series, we meet Will Smith and find out what has ...

19/06/2020