Altitude: Nanga Parbat

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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge: No Sign of Alberto Zerain and Mariano Galvan

Saturday, July 01, 2017

The helicopter couldn't fly again for two days due to bad weather in region. Skies cleared this morning and aerial search was resumed. ...

Alberto Zerain, Mariano Galvan Missing on Mazeno Ridge, Search Underway

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Search and rescue mission is underway on Nanga Parbat where Alberto Zerain and Mariano Galvan are unaccounted for since Saturday June 24th....

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 Summits Already! (Updated)

Friday, June 16, 2017

Update:- Expedition leader of summit party says, they couldn't identify whether they reached the true summit or not. More here . P...

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...

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