Altitude: Summer 2016

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Baintha Brakk II (Ogre II) Update: Bad Weather Hinders SAR

Friday, September 02, 2016

Previous Update Bad weather continues to hinder the attempts to search for missing climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, on Baintha ...

Climbers Missing on Baintha Brakk II (6980m); Search and Rescue Mission Underway

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Donate here to help the Search and Rescue Operation. American alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, who were in Karakoram attemptin...

Summer 2016 Wrap Up: Summarizing Karakoram Season

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Summer 2016 climbing season basically ended few weeks ago, but a new route attempt on Gasherbrum I SW Face kept the action rolling for a bi...

Gasherbrum I SW Face: Czech Duo Holed up High on the Mountain in Bad Weather

Monday, August 22, 2016

Update (22-Aug-16 1200hrs local time) :- Ondra Mandula's home team just updated that the duo is "successfully" back in BC. Fu...

Gasherbrum IV: Details of Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič’s Ascent to North Summit (ca 7900m)

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

“Sons of Tomo Cesen storm Karakoram” was the title of Alpinist Magazine’s report about Ales and Nejc Cesen’s first Karakoram expedition in ...

Gasherbrum I SW Face: Czech Climbers on New Route Summit Attempt (Daily Updates)

Monday, August 15, 2016

Marek Holecek and Ondra Mandula have launched summit-bid on Southwest Face of Gasherbrum I. They aim to complete the unfinished line, alrea...

Summits on Gasherbrum I

Thursday, August 04, 2016

“ Now I am on the summit of Gasherbrum I with my team, ” Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, leader of Dreamers Destination team, posted on Facebook a wh...

Summer 2016: GI Southwest Face New Route Summit-Push Launched & Other Updates

Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Marek Holecek and Ondra Mandula left Base Camp earlier this morning. They will trying to complete the unfinished line on GI SW Face, alread...

Gasherbrum IV: Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič Reached North Summit

Friday, July 29, 2016

We finally have an update from Slovenian duo about the most anticipated climb of the season. Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič reached North Summ...

Summer 2016: Summit Pushes Continue on Broad Peak, GII; Czech Climbers Acclimatize to 7500m on GI | Updated

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

It’s a wrap on K2. There have been summits on Nanga Parbat. Broad Peak summit-push continues. A few climbers are still out there on GII nor...

Summer 2016 Summit Push Updates: Final-Bids on Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak

Monday, July 25, 2016

Summer 2016 has so far been a difficult climbing season in Karakoram and Western Himalayas. Apart from ongoing quest on Nanga Parbat and Br...

Nanga Parbat Summit Attempt: Climbers in C3 (6500m)

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Ferran Latorre, Helias Millerioux and Boyan Petrov made it to C3 (ca 6500m) on Kinshofer route yesterday. The trio is expected to set up fi...

Summer 2016: Bad Weather Break and Preparations for Main Round of Summit-Bids

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Bad weather halted climbing activities on all 8000m peaks for a week. Apart from usual snow, clouds and strong wind at altitude, teams repo...

Nanga Parbat: Boyan Petrov and Ivan Tomov on the way to BC, No Summit

Friday, July 15, 2016

Boyan Petrov and Ivan Tomov descended to 5500m yesterday (July 14th) and are expected to reach BC today, reports Italian newspaper Gazzetta...

Irritated by Commercialization of K2? Watch Out for These Expeditions on Gasherbrums

Thursday, July 14, 2016

K2 has traditionally been the ‘big thing’ of Karakoram climbing season, but with Mountain of Mountains pretty much occupied by commercial i...

Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič Summit Broad Peak, Get Ready for Gasherbrum IV

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič summited Broad Peak on July 12th, thus concluding the acclimatization part of their expedition. The two climbers...

Bad Weather Thwarts K2 Summit Attempt

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Change in weather forecast over past two days have forced K2 climbers to abandon first summit-bid of the season. Majority of climbers have...

Bulgarians on Nanga Parbat Summit-Push, Kinshofer Route Opened to C2