Kris Annapurna

Kris Annapurna

Title: Writer, real state agent in Spain, translator and interpreter
Email: krisannapurna@explorersweb.com
Location: Madrid, Spain
Social Media Links:
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Expertise

  • Topics of Expertise: Alpinism, history of alpinism, news, stories, updates, expeditions, great mountain ranges, Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir, other mountain ranges, wingsuiting, climbing, free solo, BASE, mountaineering literature, outdoors.
  • Years in This Expertise: 4 years active by publishing a special account on mountaineering on Twitter, almost 1 year at ExplorersWeb.
  • Number of Products & Number of Hours Expert Has Tested: 10,000+ hours

Education & Certifications

  • Education: Complutense University Madrid, Spain. Philology
  • Years of Writing: 4+ at personal level, almost 1 year for Explorersweb
  • Certifications: Translator (specializing in criminal law)

A Word From KrisAnnapurna

  • Why Author Chose This Career: As a writer for ExplorersWeb, I feel myself a very lucky person. I love this job and the team. I feel that I can be creative when suggesting topics and writing. All my colleagues are supportive and never cut my wings. My passion is writing about alpinism, climbing and mountaineering. I spend more than eight hours per day dedicating myself to it.
  • How Author Began Career: I started to be interested in mountaineering communication thanks to my friend, Sebastian Alvaro, who for more than 30 years was the director and creator of Al Filo de Lo Imposible, the acclaimed documentary series about the best era of Spanish alpinism. Through him, I met a lot of alpinists and learned their stories and careers. I started to run a Twitter account dedicated to mountaineering.
  • Personal Interests: Sports history in general, fencing (epee), reading, dogs and animals in general, trekking, painting, music, drawing. When younger: sprinter (100m)

When Darkness Comes: K2 in 2005

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The Lone Wolves of Makalu

A history of remarkable solo climbs on one of...

Great Tales in Mountaineering History: The Trango Towers

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Mountains Climbed Just Once, or Not At All

Far from the murmur of people and the glow...

The Women Who Are Pushing Ice Climbing Forward

As in mountaineering, there are still more men than...

The Outsiders: Bonatti, Kurtyka, and Twight

Every year, hundreds of people climb on fixed ropes...

The Fury of the Beauty: Gyachung Kang 2002

Between Nepal and China, between Cho Oyu and Everest,...

Mount Everest: Everything You Wanted to Know

Some of us love Mount Everest, some of us...

Yearning Hearts: Inside the Minds of Free Soloists

Climbing without ropes or a harness is not madness....

Trapped and Starving: Baffin Island 1995

Baffin Island, the fifth-largest island on Earth, is an...

The Wabi-Sabi of Latok IV

The first ascent of Latok IV is a tale...

Where Shepherds Stop: The 1991 Tragedy on Kawagarbo

One of the worst-ever mountaineering tragedies occurred not in...

Eyewitness Account: Mehri Jafari’s Fatal Fall on Pobeda

In previous articles, we reported on the fatal fall...

Flash Expeditions: Speed and Loathing in the Mountains

In his acclaimed 1999 book, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light,...

Climber Missing on Khan Tengri

The two neighboring Snow Leopard peaks continue to show...

Can Independent Climbers Coexist With Outfitters on 8,000m Peaks?

Is it possible for commercial and independent teams to...

Hungarians Bail on Dangerous Pobeda

It has been a dangerous, tragic season on Pobeda,...

What Price a Summit? Update on Pobeda and Khan Tengri

There have been four deaths on the two neighboring...

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