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EiA 2026 – The Diary

By Rupert Welchman of Team Summit Saints   Back in February 2024 a group of old university mates assembled in La Tzoumaz on the other side of the mountain from Verbier for a weekend to catch up on years we had seen precious little of each other; a time when ...

18/03/2026

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

Category: Interview: meet the team member series

Who takes on the challenge of a lifetime… twice?!?

Here we catch up with Jeremy Hunter, one of the few to have completed this monumental ascent… twice! Completing this challenge twice is a major accomplishment! Starting at the beginning, what initially led you to take on the challenge? I have known the Ritchie Family for a long time and ...

02/10/2018

Stepping into the unknown

A conversation with one of the original EIA team members. In 2015, a team of 14 set off on our first Everest in the Alps challenge: to ascend 8,848 metres – the height of Everest – on skis, over four days in the Alps. It was the ultimate ski touring ...

11/09/2018