Steve House and Cory Richards, Makalu 2009: Back to Normal

Steve House / 1 Min Read / Climbing

Camp 2 on normal route 3

After last week's scary call it was great to hear a spry sounding Steve House on the voicemail this morning. He recovered well from his bout with HAPE and will be heading up to camp 2 on Makalu's normal route tomorrow. Have a listen and you'll hear about the healing atmosphere of a yak pasture, some observations on the style in which the Indian army recently climbed Makalu and Steve's thoughts on the use of bottled oxygen in mountaineering.

Listen to Steve House – Makalu, May 19, 2009
(mp3 – 6:38 – right-click to download)

[View of camp 2 from the normal route. Makalu, October 2008. Photo: Steve House]

Previous posts from the trip:
Makalu Again
Getting Acclimated
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Update: fixed caption.

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Steve House

Reinhold Messner called Steve House “the best high-altitude climber in the world today.” But for Steve, climbing is about process, not achievement. He says, “The moment your mind wanders from the climbing at hand will be the moment you fall.” Steve has earned Messner’s praise by leading the charge to climb bigger routes, from the Himalaya’s to the Canadian Rockies, faster and with less equipment than anyone before. He is the author of two books: Beyond the Mountain and Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (cowritten with Scott Johnston). In 2012, Steve and his wife Eva cofounded Alpine Mentors a non-profit organization to mentor young climbers to safely become better alpinists.