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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...

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...

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 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...

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 ...

Nanga Parbat Summits, Summit-bids on Broad Peak and Gasherbrums

Saturday, July 08, 2017

Kim Hong Bin and Lakpa Sherpa endured several days of cold and hunger at 7200m on Nanga Parbat and were finally able to reach the top, yest...

Summer 2017: Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge Attempt, Kinshofer Route Summit-bid Thwarted, Progress in Karakoram

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Bad weather thwarts the summit push on Nanga Parbat Kinshofer route. Several climbers have been forced to turn back from C4. The adverse co...

Summer 2017: No Summits on Nanga Parbat, Mazeno Ridge Summit-bid, More Teams in Base Camps

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

There is more to the Nanga Parbat summits story . Expedition leader Mingma Gyalje Sherpa wrote in a Facebook post that they were definitel...

Summer 2017: Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge, K2 Ski Challenge, Gasherbrum New Routes and More

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

A smooth start to the Pakistan climbing season thus far, where bureaucratic and logistical issues aren’t often unexpected otherwise. One of...

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...

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...

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