Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 part 8 : Polish to celebrate 70th anniversary...
Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009 Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN...
View ArticleHimalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /20/ – Week in...
The last wave of climbers topped-out Everest last Saturday – as the weather window closed and conditions rapidly turned for the worse. Descending climbers performed several rescues on both sides of the...
View ArticleHimalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up : Pakistan –...
(K2Climb.net/Madrid) The French team on Broad Peak was ready to launch a second summit bid today – heavy snow falling forced them to stay put in BC though. Fresh from summiting Kangchenjunga, Kinga...
View ArticleHimalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /21/ – Week in...
American climbers Micah Dash and Wade Johnson are missing in Sichuan while Jonathan Copp’s remains have been found. Read more in a Monday update at ExWeb. In other news: Pakistan is gearing up although...
View ArticleHimalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /23/ – Week in...
Bad weather has been punishing climbers in Baltoro valley. Nanga images show serious avalanches on the peak and conditions on K2 are even worse than on Broad Peak according to the French climbers,...
View ArticleInternational Alliance for Mountain Film.
In February of 2000, a group of people gathered in the vaulted rooms of the Museo della Montagna in Torino, Italy to forge an alliance committed to the future of mountain film. Not surprisingly, the...
View ArticleSir Chris Bonington Interview.
On the 21st April 1985 Chris Bonington reached the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 51. He was a member of the Norwegian Everest Expedition. He was the leader of the 1972, 1975 and 1982 British...
View ArticleHimalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /24/ – Week in...
K2 claimed a first victim last week; highly skilled ski-mountaineer Michele Fait slipped and fell while skiing down the Cesen route. Iran, Afghanistan and Somalia; adventure news arrived from unusual...
View ArticleNepal urged to reduce Mount Everest climbing fee.
A leading mountaineering official on Tuesday urged Nepal to reduce climbing fees for Mount Everest and other mountains during the peak climbing season, to lure climbers back from Tibet where...
View ArticleTragedy in the Himalaya and Karakoram, 2009 climbing season.
1. Go Mi-Sun, 41, (also spelled ‘Ko Mi-young’ by some of the local media) lost on Nanga Parbat normal route. South Korean climber Ko Mi-young, 41, who went missing after a fall from a cliff in the...
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