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 Summer 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer 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 | A Successful Climbing Season Away from 8000m Peaks
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Despite the dominantly tragic season on 8000m peaks, the updates from lower peaks of Karakoram have majorly been encouraging. Virgin peaks...
Summer 2013 | 8000m Peaks Wrap Up
Friday, August 23, 2013
The summer climbing season on 8000m peaks in Pakistan comes to an end as all mountaineers return home. The season will go down in the histo...
Nanga Parbat Massacre - Alleged Attackers Arrested
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
In a major development regarding Nanga Parbat Massacre , Diamir Police has claimed that it reached the hideout of terrorists and arrested a...
Czech Climber Zdenek Hruby Died on Gasherbrum I
Saturday, August 10, 2013
After success on both Gasherbrum peaks, the Czech Gasherbrum Expedition ended on tragic noted. It’s reported that Zdenek Hruby died on des...
Nanga Parbat Massacre Investigators Shot Dead in Chilas
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Three security officials probing the Nanga Parbat Diamir BC Massacre were shot dead in the town of Chilas, on Tuesday. It’s reported that S...
Summer 2013 | GII Summit Push Thwarted, Success on GI
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Arnold Coster, Grace McDonald, Mark Quinn and Jon Kedrowski were hoping for late success on GII but the dangerous conditions on the mountai...
First Ascent of K6 West (Approx 7100m) and Climbing Activities in Charakusa Valley
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
First Ascent of K6 West (Approx 7100m) The Charakusa Valley in Karakoram is considered “ an alpine-climbing candy store ” with several r...
Summer 2013 | Gasherbrums Update
Saturday, August 03, 2013
An eventful summer climbing season, dominated by series of tragic incident, is swiftly approaching its end. Everyone, except very few climb...
"Iran could not have picked better representatives for the country" | Interview with Scott Powrie
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Scott Powrie is an American climber, who attempted Broad Peak via normal route, this summer. His two team-mates, John and Brian, had to qu...
Iranian Climbers were Quality Human Beings | Interview with John Quillen
Monday, July 29, 2013
American climber John Quillen was part of FTA Broad Peak Expedition, this year, who shared logistics and Base Camp facilities with Iranian ...
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