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New route attempts were rare, the North Pole was quiet. But we got the first winter ascent of a Pakistan 8000er, a rare ascent of K2, and a fairytale Everest paraglide. Here go some of the main news from the year that passed.

ExplorersWeb 2011 Year in Review

He was the dark horse in a celebrity packed anniversary season.

Best of ExplorersWeb 2012 Awards: Aleks Gamme, To the Pole and Back

ExWeb has been updated with a new system for a brand new, global and current experience of world adventure. The Polish bagged the first winter ascent of G1 but there is still no word from Gerfried, Nisar and Cedric approaching the top via a new route.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

Norway's Prime Minister, the press and over 100 tourists are already at the South Pole Station, preparing to commemorate Amundsen's arrival anniversary. Question is though - where are the skiers? Don't miss the thrilling final race for the South Pole!

ExplorersWeb Week in Review Special Alert

It's gearing up to a phenomenal winter climbing season. News about the winter Russians on K2 put the climbing community on its feet. Meanwhile the South Pole anniversary project at ExplorersWeb, comparing live and historic expedition dispatches, has become a remarkable adventure in itself.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

"So here end the entries in this diary with the first chapter of our History. The future is in the lap of the gods." (Scott diary). 100 years later, a new South Pole race is on. But just as Himalaya folded and Antarctica kicked off, we lost one of the greatest explorers of both worlds.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

Summits, rescues, controversies and politics in remote Himalaya. Antarctica anniversary kicking off with side-by-side now-and-then dispatches. Tech news, interviews, and great men lost. The past weeks have been unusually busy at ExplorersWeb.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

K2 summited for the first time since 2008 (2007 for the north side) and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner bagging the first female No-O2 14x8000ers. Leila Esfandyari lost on GII. BSES youth killed by polar bear on Svalbard. Plane crash in Resolute. It's been a rollercoaster month. Let's go straight to it.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

Pakistan high altitude climbing is full throttle but hard; only scattered victories so far. Meanwhile the past two weeks brought out interesting interviews and some major stories; one such touching the final flight of the shuttle.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

Climbing statistics, a new list of Pakistan expeditions. Antarctica anniversary technology kick-off and 'Bits from the Silver Bullet' new Silicon Valley adventure tech series. A camel caravan to K2 north side, a few early summit pushes and one success already in Pakistan: Here goes a wrap from Explo

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

The 2011 spring climbing season brought a parade of summits, especially on Everest. Check out the lows and the highs in Himalaya, along with other news such as Skog and Gjeldnes for a North Pole summer expedition. Kicking off next week; what will the Pak season be like post Bin Laden?

ExplorersWeb Month In Review

Greg Mortenson on trial, Erhard Loretan killed, Ueli Steck's unexpected climb, Abele Blanc done at last: in a fairly calm (so far) Himalaya climbing season the news have been anything but. Other: Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion on KKH close to Islamabad today, Sunday.

ExplorersWeb Week in Review

Waiting for Himalaya action to take off, ExplorersWeb ran a 5-part Space special, checking up on the commercial outfits there. The Arctic Barneo landing strip cracked open. HumanEdgeTech brought news about 3D streaming over satellite. Everest south reported 3G with a 2G feel.

ExplorersWeb Week in Review

No one made it out to the edge of the Arctic ice from Canada this year. At least choppers have taken off for Borneo, on the Russian side of the North Pole. Lists of expeditions are up for Himalaya and summer Karakoram both, along with a M&I special, winter Denali debrief and interview with Berserk's

ExplorersWeb Week in Review

Last we left off, Gasherbrum II had a historic first winter summit but since then all attempts have been in naught. A Supermoon could shake up Ben Saunders, Berserk is lost (and criticized), the Arctic season is over for most already, and next gen Feather have arrived.

ExplorersWeb Weeks in Review

It has been an unexpectedly action-packed week at ExplorersWeb. The winter summit of GII made waves with a very hard descent, and the situation in Egypt had our team scramble to find related explorers for comments. All ending well, time came to look to the future in a big 2011 tech outlook.