# Everest 2026 Season Summary–Records, Crowds, Trash & Winds Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/everest-2026-season-summary-records-crowds-trash-winds Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/everest-2026-season-summary-records-crowds-trash-winds.md Podcast: [The Podcast on alanarnette.com](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790) Published: 2026-06-03T01:22:49+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alan-arnette1/episodes/Everest-2026-Season-SummaryRecords--Crowds--Trash--Winds-e3k8s4g Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/517727ec/podcast/play/120925776/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-3%2F425402466-44100-2-8ed2e43751f71.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/episodes/everest-2026-season-summary-records-crowds-trash-winds Duration seconds: 1974 ## Resource Welcome to my annual Everest summary, where I review what happened and who did what. Quirky. That's my word for Everest 2026. Or perhaps, "normal." The 2026 Everest spring season has come to a close. There were delays, strong winds, changing drone and helicopter rules, moments of concern and challenging climbing. Despite the dramatic headlines in the mainstream press, it was actually a fairly normal season, as evidenced in part by roughly 80% of this year's 1,008 summits occurring between May 17th and May 26th, consistent with historical trends. The Himalayan Database will publish what I consider to be the definitive results later this year. #everest2026 If you would like to be notified when my memoir, "Hard or Impossible? Summiting K2 for Ida is available – I'm still looking for an agent. Complete the form at the bottom of this introduction page: https://www.alanarnette.com/memoir ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/episodes/everest-2026-season-summary-records-crowds-trash-winds/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/everest-2026-season-summary-records-crowds-trash-winds.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.