Winter Climbing Nanga Parbat | An Unfinished Anecdote
Monday, March 17, 2014
IT has been attempted by the renowned climbers and by less-known adventurers; by the men with extensive experience in Himalayas and by the...
Showing posts with label Winter 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter 2014. Show all posts
Winter 2014 | Injured Climbers Carried Down in Stretchers
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
After awaiting heli-evacuation for two days, the injured Polish climbers Pawel Dunaj and Michal Obrycki have now been carried down from B...
Winter 2014 | Poles Injured in an Avalanche, Await Heli Evacuation
Monday, March 10, 2014
Polish climbers Pawel Dunaj and Michal Obrycki have been hit by an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. They are rescued to Latabo and await heli-eva...
Winter 2014 | Poles Wait, Italians-German Depart
Monday, March 03, 2014
The weather window over the past weekend also didn’t prove to be good enough for a summit push. David Gottler and Tomek Mackiewicz went up ...
Winter 2014 | Climbers at 7000m on Nanga Parbat
Friday, February 28, 2014
On February 11th, 1997, Polish climbers, Krzysztof Pankiewicz and Zbigniew Trzmiel, left C4 on Kinshofer route. The weather was favorable a...
Winter 2014 | Nanga Parbat Summit Push Update - Feb 26th
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Summit push updates appear at the bottom of this post. Last updated at 1400hrs (Feb 27th) Pakistan Time. Tomek Mackiewicz, Simone Moro, ...
Winter 2014 | Summit Push No 3 and Difficult Conditions on Diamir side
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The blizzard has receded and after the characteristic extensive-waiting at Nanga Parbat BC, the Schell route climbers foresee a chance to r...
Winter 2014 | Waiting Game and Preparations for the Window
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
“ Cloudy. Another day of bad weather. We will do our daily training around here. Then waiting. ” Emilio Previtali wrote this morning. The ...
Winter 2014 | Summit Push Update, Poles in BC, Simone Going Up (Story Updated)
Friday, February 14, 2014
The weather on Nanga Parbat was far from perfect when climbers left C1, this morning. Tomek Mackiewicz had to quit the attempt shortly aft...
Nanga Parbat | Going up Schell Route
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Simone Moro and David Gottler are currently ascending Nanga Parbat. They are hoping to reach the top via the SW ridge route, which was fir...
Winter 2014 | Nanga Parbat Summit Push Take-2
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The Schell route climbers are back on the mountain trying to create a summit push possibility. Weather, or more specifically the windstorm ...
Winter 2014 | Nanga Parbat Summit Push has been Cancelled
Saturday, February 08, 2014
Success on Nanga Parbat in winter is greatly a matter of being fortunate. In past 25 years, seventeen expeditions including some of the f...
Winter 2014 | The Summit Push on Nanga Parbat
Friday, February 07, 2014
After a week of hurricane winds, clouds and snow on Nanga Parbat, the weather is improving and the mountaineers are already on the mountain...
Winter 2014 | The 'Patience Time' on Nanga Parbat
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Emilio Previtali tweeted at around sunset this evening: “ Tomasz (Mackiewicz) here in BC right now, in our tent. Pawel (is) already in Poli...
Winter 2014 | The all Important Acclimatization Climb
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Simone Moro, David Gottler, Pawel Dunaj and another Polish climber (most likely Michal Obrycki) are in C2 at 6100m, right now. Tomek Mackie...
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