Altitude: Winter 2015

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Winter 2015 | Lifesaving Wrong Turn: Unsuccessful but Happy Expedition on Nanga Parbat

Monday, March 16, 2015

“Expeditions divide into successful ones and happy ones. That was a successful expedition, because we reached the summit. But happy expedit...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Summit Push / No Summit!!

Friday, March 13, 2015

Spanish Alex Txikon, Pakistani Ali Sadpara and Italian Daniele Nardi are approaching the summit of Nanga Parbat. Having departed from C4 (...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Second Summit Push is Happening

Monday, March 09, 2015

Wait is over. Having defied bad weather and depleting resources at BC, Nanga Parbat climbers are on the way to summit once again. Their fir...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Climbers Return to BC, Bad Weather Continues on Manaslu

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Bad conditions forced the Nanga Parbat Kinshofer route climbers to turn back on day two of first summit push. As expected, the recent snows...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Summit Push Begins

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Around Tuesday/Wednesday next week, there appears to be a small summit window on Nanga Parbat. Wind speed is predicted to remain around 20-...

Winter 2015 | Ali Sadpara's Must-read Interview, Nanga Parbat High Altitude Police and Bad Weather Reaches Manaslu

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Success of several Himalayan expeditions greatly depends upon efforts of high altitude porters. However, they’re also the least vocal ones ...

Winter 2015 | No Break in Nanga Parbat Bad Weather, C1 Ready on Manaslu

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Bad weather on Nanga Parbat continues. The climbers have decided to spend another day at BC. Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger have initiated t...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Summit-bid Strategy and ‘Bad Omens’ on Manaslu

Friday, February 20, 2015

The waiting continues for Nanga Parbat climbers. Nonetheless, the team is in positive mood and getting ready for summit-bid once weather wi...

Winter 2015 | Italians at Manaslu BC, Nanga Parbat Action Freezes

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Bad weather halts climbing activities on Nanga Parbat. Teams are waiting for improvement in conditions to restart the ascent. At Manaslu BC...

Winter 2015 | Snowstorm hits Nanga Parbat, Simone and Tamara are on the way to Manaslu

Monday, February 16, 2015

Strong winds and heavy snow have hit Nanga Parbat as all climbers are stuck in BC. Last week Alex Txikon, Daniele Nardi and Ali Sadpara wer...

Winter 2015 | Progress on Nanga Parbat, Simone Moro's New Project

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

A good weather window prompted Nanga Parbat climbers to resume working on Kinshofer route. They were able to establish C2 yesterday and are...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat Climbers Return to BC, Simone Moro Starts his Expedition Next Week

Saturday, February 07, 2015

Iranian and Spanish teams were unable to overcome Kinshofer wall, the technical crux of the Kinshofer route, just below C2. Daniele Nardi’s...

Winter 2015 | Russians Wrap Up their Expedition, Progress on Diamir Side

Friday, February 06, 2015

Russian team has decided to wrap up the winter Nanga Parbat expedition. Their summit push a week ago resulted in battle against hurricane w...

Winter 2015 | Nanga Parbat: A Mountain to be Climbed by First Week of February

Friday, January 30, 2015

“ The mountain needs to be summited before the first week of February or else the storms just get nasty ,” Ian Overton, American climber wh...

Winter 2015 | Waiting: The Usual Winter Nanga Parbat Business

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Winter Nanga Parbat has started showing its colour: hurricane winds thrash the summit and heavy snow is reported from valleys below. Teams ...

Winter 2015 | Elisabeth Revol Describes the Summit Push

Monday, January 26, 2015

Elisabeth Revol is back home after a quick return trip from Nanga Parbat. In recent blog post , she details the amazing journey from 7800m ...

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