Spring 2018 Kick-off: The Himalayan Climbing Season Begins
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Teams are already in Nepal. Some are finalizing details in Kathmandu, others are already trekking towards Base Camps. Here’s a brief review...
Winter K2: End of Another Polish Attempt on The Mountain of Mountains
Monday, March 05, 2018
Polish team has decided to conclude the K2 winter expedition 2018 and start the return trip. The expedition manager drafted a list of cause...
Revisiting K2 Winter 2018: What Happened Thus Far and What Next?
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
It was a star-studded expedition consisting of Poland’s finest climbers. Inclusion of Denis Urubko was the icing on the cake. The expeditio...
[Updated] Winter Everest: It's Over. Alex Txikon Leaves
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
[28-Feb-2018] It's official now. As per communication from Alex Txikon's team, they have decided to conclude the expedition. Upd...
K2: Denis Urubko Back in BC, Withdraws from the Expedition
Monday, February 26, 2018
Following an unsuccessful summit attempt , Denis Urubko returned to BC this afternoon. While precise details of his foray are still awaite...
A Rebellious [Unsuccessful] Summit Push on K2
Monday, February 26, 2018
There has been an interesting – rather implausible - development on K2 over the weekend. There was an unsuccessful summit push. It was a so...
Winter Everest Summit Attempt [Updated]
Friday, February 23, 2018
After month long preparations and a long wait at BC, its action time on Everest. Alex Txikon, Ali Sadpara and the five climbing Sherpa Temb...
Tomek Mackiewicz and Nanga Parbat: Seven Years of Love, Faith, Deceit and the Union
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Winter 2011 : Everyone is talking about Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I and GII, and rather a mysterious lone Russian on Nanga Parbat. And then t...
Rescue Mission on Nanga Parbat - Elisabeth Rescued to Skardu
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Tomek Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol are in need of help on Nanga Parbat. They launched summit-push from C3 (7300m) on Jan 25th. While prec...
Winter 2018: Everest Team on a roll, No Camp-1 on K2
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Winter teams on Everest and K2 are making good progress despite not-so-favourable conditions. It’s mandatory, nonetheless, as weather windo...
Winter 2018: Everest Teams on the way to C2, Few Details from K2, Nanga Parbat
Monday, January 15, 2018
Winter 2018 climbing season is progressing smoothly, as three teams work on the mountains at their own pace. Everest team is currently fixi...
History of Winter Climbing Everest
Monday, January 01, 2018
History of winter attempts on Himalayan peaks is a little more convoluted than their Karakoram counterparts. Firstly, because Nepal governm...
History of Winter Climbing K2
Thursday, December 28, 2017
“ We do not blame ourselves because we did everything that was humanly possible in those inhospitable conditions ,” - winter-climbing pione...
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
" It's the most wonderful time of the year. " Quite literally for the followers of ‘old-school’ Himalayan mountaineering. F...
Lhotse South Face: 8400m! Climbers Ready for Summit Push
Monday, October 23, 2017
Bad weather on Lhotse South Face was followed by warmer temperatures; a bit too warm to appreciate. The increase in temperature resulted i...
Lhotse South Face: Wind, Snow and Cold
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
After the initial progress to reach C2, with certain help from previously fixed ropes, Lhotse South Face expedition now battles bad weathe...
Summer to Fall: Climbing Action Continues
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Long gone are lovely summer days in Karakoram and perhaps the busier post-monsoon climbing season in Nepal as well. Nonetheless, a handful ...
Summer 2017 Update: GII & Broad Peak Summits, K2 Teams Ready for the Push
Friday, July 21, 2017
Unpredictable weather in Karakoram. K2 in particular is playing the game of 2015/16, when climbers didn’t even get a full chance to launch ...
Alberto Zerain and Mariano Galvan Mazeno Search and Rescue Report by Alex Gavan
Monday, July 10, 2017
The Mazeno Ridge search and rescue mission, unfortunately, didn't turn out to be successful. Alberto Zerain and Mariano Galvan were app...
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