In an Alumni Feature article on Robert Alt, Azusa Pacific University noted that it “has numerous alumni who have gone on to accomplish impressive feats, but relatively few people in history can say that they have successfully climbed Mount Everest.”

Robert Alt joined All Sides on 89.7 WOSU—National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate—for the “Fascinating Ohio” segment that highlights interesting people and stories from the Buckeye State.

Robert Alt, the Founder of PROFOUND CLIMBING™, never got to complete a major climbing expedition with his father when he was alive. He is now on a journey to bring his father’s ashes to the Seven Summits — or the highest mountain on each continent.

The Columbus Dispatch covered Robert Alt’s Mt. Everest Summit. “This isn’t where Alt’s journey ends, however. On Profound Climbing, Alt shared his plan to climb the Seven Summits of the World, or the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents.”

Cleveland.com highlighted Robert Alt’s summiting Mt. Everest. “Everest is the fifth peak Alt has collected from the ‘Seven Summits,’ a mountaineering challenge to climb the highest peak on each of the world’s seven continents.”

Robert Alt sat down with Nepal’s premier business magazine, Business 360, for a conversation about free market ideas, public policy, and the lessons mountaineering can offer to those working to shape a more prosperous and accountable future.

American mountaineer Robert Alt shares his firsthand perspective as he relishes a front-row seat to observe the inaugural use and impact of drones on Everest for the 2025 climbing season.

Robert Alt extends thanks to those who generously enabled his blogging and to the people who have served as examples in his personal life, professional career, and hobby sport.

Robert Alt conveys how a Czech proverb augured his eventual mountain climbing and wonders whether he was destined to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the exact day he ultimately did in 2025.

Robert Alt arrives in Lukla via alternative transportation and treks through several villages in the Khumbu Valley to reach Tengboche.

Controversial xenon gas promises to make Everest easier and more accessible—but also discourages correct preparation and devalues the efforts of those who train properly—which could result in even more crowding, death, and risk to Sherpas.

Robert Alt visits Pangboche's famous monastery, is moved by a poignant memorial to the fallen, reports no yeti sightings thus far, and emphasizes his PROFOUND CLIMBING™ approach to mountaineering.

Robert Alt contends with summit fever on Lobuche, accepts wise counsel from a fictional knight circa 1597, and doubles down on his singlemindedness with his sights unalterably set on Everest, 2025.

Cleveland.com heard that Robert Alt was “On the Move” and climbing Everest. He certainly is.

Robert Alt makes it to Everest Base Camp after a long journey, describes his first impressions, and enjoys a festive Puja ceremony with Sherpas and fellow climbers.

Follow along with Robert Alt’s activities the day before he left Columbus, Ohio, for Kathmandu, Nepal.

View the map of Robert Alt’s climb from Everest Base Camp to the summit shown with approximate elevations.

View the map of Robert Alt’s trek from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp shown with approximate elevations.

Location: Nepal/Tibet – Asia
Height: 29,032 feet (8,848 meters)

First summitted in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest has since garnered fame not just for its astounding height, but for its harsh conditions including avalanches, extreme weather, and—of course—altitude sickness. Its summit crowns the Himalaya and straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet (the latter being administered as an Autonomous Region of China) and can be approached from either side.