2013 Review Part-3 | An Excellent Year on Lower Peaks
Monday, December 02, 2013
With all 8000m peaks and their major routes done long ago, today’s alpinists find great challenges in lower peaks. First ascents of 7000m ...
Showing posts with label Spring 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring 2013. Show all posts
2013 Review Part-2 | The Highs and Lows
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Apart from the series of fatal accidents , 2013 has fairly been a typical mountaineering year with usual crest and troughs. A long-pending...
2013 Review Part-1 | A Catastrophic Year for Mountaineering
Thursday, November 28, 2013
From the disappearance of Joel Wischnewski on Nanga Parbat to the sheer brilliance of Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist on Annapurna...
Summer 2013: Summits on GII, Updates from Nanga Parbat, K2, Uli Biaho
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Success on Nanga Parbat All four Romanian climbers safely reached Base Camp after summiting Nanga Parbat. Marius Gane, Teo Vlad, Zsolt Tor...
Himalaya Climbing Season - Spring 2013
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Note: 1. Figures in Bold are confirmed by different reports. 2. Figures in Italic are tentative; and estimated from available expe...
Spring 2013 | Makalu, Cho Oyu, Manaslu | End of Season
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Spring climbing season concludes with four more summits on Makalu and fourteen on Cho Oyu but bad weather stopped everyone from reaching t...
Spring 2013 | Lhotse | Wrap Up
Friday, May 31, 2013
Despite being the fourth highest peak in the world, Lhotse has been historically overshadowed by Everest. Even its name ‘Lhotse’, a Tibetan...
Spring 2013 | Kangchenjunga and Dhaulagiri | Curtain Off
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Kangchenjunga On May 20th, several climbers reached the top of Kangchenjunga while five perished on upper slopes of the mountain during d...
Everest 2013 | End of Spring Climbing Season
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Note: This post is a general wrap up of this climbing season. More updated version of summits/no summits is being (will be) compiled here ....
Dhaulagiri | "Juanjo Garra Suffered an Accident at 8000m"
Friday, May 24, 2013
(New updates are being edited at the bottom of this post.) Day- 1 ( 23-05-13) Juanjo Garra ’s home team tweeted this evening, "...
Spring 2013 | Summits and Summit Pushes On Himalayan Peaks
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Himalayan climbing season is in it's final stages. Here is a review of action away from Everest region. Summits on Kangchenjunga On ...
Spring 2013 | Cho Oyu was SUMMITed on 13th May; First Estonian Female Conquers 8000er Peak
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Update:- These summits have been marked disputed. Based on recent dispatches from current team on Cho Oyu, it was reported yesterday t...
Everest 2013 | "First Pakistani Female SUMMITs Everest"
Sunday, May 19, 2013
As per initial reports arriving from Everest's Southeast ridge, Samina Baig and Mirza Ali reached the SUMMIT at around 0730Hrs local t...
Spring 2013 | Summit Pushes on All Himalayan Eight-Thousanders
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Monsoon is approaching Himalayas and in a matter of few weeks, whole region will be closed for altitude climbing activities. Climbers had b...
Spring 2013 | Alexey Bolotov, SUMMITs on Lhotse, Shishapangma Central and May be Nuptse
Friday, May 17, 2013
Premium Russian climber Alexey Bolotov was found dead at 5600m, yesterday. Precise details about the unfortunate incident still remain vagu...
Everest 2013 | "Alex Bolotov died today morning on Khumbu icefall at 5600m"
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
" Alex Bolotov died today morning on Khumbu icefall at 5600m " - tweeted Russianclimb a while ago. Update-1: 15-May-2013 163...
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