Category : 8000ers

Chinese Head for Everest Summit

Angela Benavides

06/05/2020

8000ers Everest

The huge Chinese team on Everest is on the move again, after bad weather forced climbers to retreat from Camp 3 back to ABC on Saturday. Tod...

Where Did the Name K2 Come From?

Angela Benavides

01/05/2020

8000ers K2 Karakorum

In 1856, the Maharaja Gulab Singh ruled the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu, with the blessing of the British. Lieutenant Thomas George ...

Chinese Team to Measure Everest (Again)

Angela Benavides

30/04/2020

8000ers Everest

News about the Chinese expedition currently on Everest are scarce. The little information that does come out of Tibet is unrelated to the cl...

Chinese Install 5G and Live Webcam Coverage on Everest

Angela Benavides

22/04/2020

8000ers COVID-19 Everest

The 26-strong Chinese team currently on Everest, the only one granted a permit this season amidst the COVID-19 confinement, has the opportun...

There’s Still Hope for Karakorum Climbing in 2020

Angela Benavides

17/04/2020

8000ers Climbing COVID-19

As some countries start to see light at the end of the COVID tunnel and authorities struggle to balance safety and the economy, a few signal...

Horia Colibasanu: Off to Europe!

Angela Benavides

08/04/2020

8000ers COVID-19 Himalaya

Horia Colibasanu finally managed to get on a flight to Munich today. He woke up at 5 a.m. and joined a large crowd at the airport. "There ar...

Climbers Stranded in Kathmandu, Chinese Approach Everest North Side

Angela Benavides

02/04/2020

8000ers COVID-19 Everest

Long ago, it seems, but really only about a month, Horia Colibasanu of Romania and Peter Hamor and Michal Sabovčík of Slovakia traveled to N...

No-Season Update: Cleaning Everest, Training Indoors

Angela Benavides

25/03/2020

8000ers Everest Karakorum Mountain

Nepal Mountaineering Association's President Santa Bir Lama has urged the country's government to turn the present crisis into an opportunit...

Trekking Etiquette, a Virus Victim and Chinese on Everest

Angela Benavides

18/03/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya

While much of the world is in lockdown, Peter Hamor and Michal Sabovčík -- who entered Nepal when it was still open -- are currently trekki...

Himalaya: Climbers, Sherpas Grapple With Closure

Angela Benavides

14/03/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Those are the five stages of grief, according to Elizabeth Kübler-Ross. And most Himal...

First
Previous
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Next
Last

Category : 8000ers

Popular