Summer 2015 | List of Expeditions

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

This is draft of Summer 2015 mountaineering expeditions to Karakoram. Do let me know if any climber, team or other details are missing.

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K2

1.	Madison Mountaineering Expedition
Climbers	1. Vanessa O'Brien - USA 2. Joe Ashkar - USA 3. Garret Madison - USA 4. Canon Bliss 5. Tom Boyer - USA 6. Alex Buisse - France 7. Brant Didden - USA Others * 06 Sherpa from Nepal * 09 HAPs from Pakistan
Nation	Mentioned Above
Web	Website,
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2.	Pakistani Expedition
Climbers	1. Mirza Ali - Pakistan 2. Samina Baig - Pakistan
Nation	Mentioned Above
Web	Mirza Ali on Twitter
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3.	Spanish Expedition
Climbers	1. Carlos Suárez 2. Jose Fernandez 3. Esther Ibáñez
Nation	Spain
Web	Website,
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4.	Swiss Team
Climbers	1. Mike Horn 2. Fred Roux 3. Köbi Reichen
Nation	Switzerland
Web	Twitter, Web,
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5.	Himex Expedition
Climbers	1. Mark Woodward - New Zealand 2. David Tait - UK 3. Alec Turner - USA 4. Rene Bergsma - Holland 5. Sergey (Baranov?) - Russia 6. Herbert - Germany 7. Bo Parfitt - USA (No Summit - returned home early) 8. Rochelle - New Zealand 9. Simba - Japan 10. Nick - Canada 11. Naoki - Japan 12. Valdis - Lithuania 13. Brook - USA Pakistani HAPs 1. Nazir 2. Nabi 3. Iqbal 4. Pasban Sherpa Team 1. Urken 2. Nima 3. Pasang 4. Chungba 5. Tenzing 6. Tashi 7. Nawang 8. Sonam 9. Phurba
Nation	Mentioned Above
Web	Himex, David Tait on Twitter
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6.	Hungarian-Romanian Duo
Climbers	1. Szilard Suhajda 2. Csaba Varga
Nation	Romania, Hungary
Web	Csaba, Szilard, Facebook,
Comments	Will be climbing without bottled oxygen.

7.	International Seven Summit Treks Expedition
Climbers	1. Philippe Gatta - France 2. Jason Black - Ireland 3. Monique Richard - Canada 4. Arvid Lahti - Norway 5. Rosa Fernandez Rubio - Spain Others
Nation	Mentioned above
Web	Philippe, Jason, Monique, Arvid, Rosa,
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8.	Mariano Galvan
Climbers	1. Mariano Galvan
Nation	Argentina
Web	Facebook,
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9.	Somos Ecuador
Climbers	1. Esteban Mena
Nation	Ecuador
Web	Ivan Vallejo's FB,
Comments	Esteban Mena intends to attempt K2, after climbing Broad Peak together with Carla Pérez and Ivan Vallejo

10.	Margaret Watroba
Climbers	1. Margaret Watroba 2. Pemba Sherpa
Nation	Australia
Web	Facebook,
Comments	Will be attempting K2 and Broad Peak

Broad Peak

1.	International Team
Climbers	1. Zdeno Brnoliak - Slovak 2. Nathan Dahlberg - New Zealand 3. Andras Adrian - Romanian 4. Dimitar Kamburov - Bulgarian
Nation	Mentioned Above
Web	Blog,
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2.	Chris Burke
Climbers	1. Chris Burke 2. Lakpa Sherpa 3. Margaret Watroba 4. Lakpa Sherpa 2
Nation	NZ/Aus, Australia, Nepal
Web	Website,
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3.	Ferran Latorre
Climbers	1. Ferran Latorre
Nation	Spain
Web	Website,
Comments	Intends to climb GI and Broad Peak.

4.	Spanish 2x14x8000ers
Climbers	1. Juanito Oiarzabal 2. Alberto Zerain
Nation	Spain
Web	Twitter,
Comments	Juanito Oiarzabal resumes the project of climbing all eight-thousanders twice.

5.	Billi Bierling / Himex
Climbers	1. Billi Bierling
Nation	Germany
Web	Twitter
Comments	Will be sharing BC with Himex K2 Team.

6.	Al Hancock
Climbers	1. Al Hancock
Nation	Canada
Web	Website,
Comments

7.	Summit Climb Expedition
Climbers	1. Julian Beermann, Leader, Switzerland 2. Josef Hausberger, Austria 3. Florian Troeger, Germany 4. Maximilian Kamml, Germany 5. Frank Mauksch, Germany 6. Uwe Kalkbrenner, Germany 7. Uwe Hille, Germany 8. Jens Goppold, Germany 9. Steve Bain, USA 10. Philip Pinchin, UK 11, Tunc Findik, Turkey 12. Sumiyo Tsuzuki, Japan 13. Fazal Ali, HAP, Pakistan 14. Ali Durani, HAP, Pakistan 15. Oscar Cadiach, Spain 16. Javier Eguaras Huici, Spain 17. Jordi Bosch Lleó, Spain 18. Carles Figueras Torrent, Spain 19. Anna Pujol Banus, Spain
Nation	Mentioned above
Web	Blog,
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8.	6Summit Challenge
Climbers	1. Nick Cienski
Nation	USA
Web	Website,
Comments	Attempting GI, GII and Broad Peak

9.	Somos Ecuador
Climbers	1. Esteban Mena 2. Carla Pérez 3. Ivan Vallejo
Nation	Ecuador
Web	Ivan Vallejo's FB,
Comments	Esteban Mena intends to attempt K2, after climbing Broad Peak together with Carla Pérez and Ivan Vallejo

10.	Singaporean Team
Climbers	1. Khoo Swee Chiow 2. Kyle Lek
Nation	Singapore
Web	Facebook, Website,
Comments

11.	Andrzej Bargiel
Climbers	1. Andrzej Bargiel 2. Dariusz Zaluski
Nation	Poland
Web	Website,
Comments	Attempting Ski descent.

Gasherbrums

1.	Ferran Latorre GI Expedition
Climbers	1. Ferran Latorre (Spain) 2. Yannick Graziani (France) 3. Tom Seidensticker (Germany) 4. Muhammad Sadik (Pakistan)
Nation	Mentione above
Web	Website (Ferran), Website (Yannick)
Comments	Intends to climb GI and Broad Peak.

2.	Wild Challenge 2015 (New Route on GI)
Climbers	1. Tomas Petrecek 2. Marek Holecek
Nation	Czech
Web	Website,
Comments	Attempting a new route in alpine style on GI.

3.	Polish GII Ski Expedition
Climbers	1. Olek Ostrowski 2. Piotr Śnigorski
Nation	Poland
Web	Website,
Comments

4.	Chilean GII Team
Climbers	1. Martin Gildemeister 2. Rafael Matte 3. Tomás Vial
Nation	Chile
Web	Website,
Comments	First 8000er expedition of young trio.

5.	Nick Rice's GI Attempt
Climbers	1. Nicholas Alexander Rice
Nation	USA
Web	Website,
Comments

6.	Kobler & Partner GII Expedition
Climbers	1. Laura González del Castillo 2. Yuri Contreras Cedi 3. Peter Schatzl 4. Ernst Felix 5. Robert Gunther Herz 6. Christof Bartmann 7. Sophie Lavaud 8. Ngima Chhiring Lama 9. NgaDorchi Sherpa 10. Muhammad
Nation	Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Other
Web	Facebook, Website, Website
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7.	Richard Hidalgo's GI Expedition
Climbers	1. Richard Hidalgo
Nation	Peru
Web	Twitter,
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8.	Atunas GI Expedition
Climbers	1. Huang Yuan 2. Huang Wen-Chen 3. Lu Chung-Han 4. Zhang Zhi
Nation	Taiwan
Web	Blog,
Comments

9.	6Summit Challenge
Climbers	1. Nick Cienski
Nation	USA
Web	Website,
Comments	Attempting GI, GII and Broad Peak.

10.	Polish GII Climbers
Climbers	1. Michal Ruszkowski 2. Michal Stachowiak
Nation	Poland
Web	Facebook,
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11.	Other Climbers
Climbers	1. Simone La Terra - Italy 2. Kinga Baranowska - Poland
Nation	Mentioned above,
Web	Facebook, Website,
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