Category : 8000ers

Winter Everest Ends with Close Calls, No Summits

Angela Benavides

28/02/2020

Josh Kobush returned to Everest Base Camp today, after reaching approximately 7,300m on the West Ridge. Unwinding with some of Alex Txikon's...

Breaking: Broad Peak Push aborted

Angela Benavides

01/02/2020

8000ers Karakorum Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Denis Urubko and his two teammates have retreated on Broad Peak after reaching 7,650m. "No ropes and a lot of crevasses," Urubko wrote durin...

Winter 8,000m Update: Urubko and Bowie Push Up Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

28/01/2020

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Don Bowie has just posted a picture where, for a change, he smiles on a sunny Broad Peak slope -- without gloves! But why so happy? "Because...

Simone Moro Expedition Ends in Near-Fatal Crevasse Fall

Angela Benavides

19/01/2020

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The Gasherbrum Glacier has just ended Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger's expedition, and it almost ended Moro's life. The couple had a close ca...

Winter 8,000’ers: Kobusch on the Move

Angela Benavides

14/01/2020

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Rope-fixing and setting up camps have just begun in the Karakorum, but the winter Himalayan season is advancing apace, despite challenging w...

Mingma G: No O2 on Winter K2

Angela Benavides

08/01/2020

8000ers K2 Karakorum Winter 8000ers

Mingma G's international team arrived in Pakistan yesterday on their way to winter K2. The question was, would they use supplemental oxygen ...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2019: #4: Nirmal Purja

Angela Benavides

28/12/2019

8000ers Himalaya

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible adventures in climbing, cycling, running, walking, skiing and anything invol...

Updated: Jost Kobush: Everest for Christmas?

Angela Benavides

21/12/2019

8000ers Everest Himalaya Winter 8000ers

Jost Kobush is speeding toward Everest Base Camp and acclimatizing on the way. Yesterday he checked in after summiting Island Peak (6,189m)....

Karakorum Update: the Women of Winter

Angela Benavides

13/12/2019

8000ers Winter 8000ers

Denis Urubko, Don Bowie and Lotta Hintsa are already in Pakistan to attempt winter Broad Peak in (meteorological) winter. The trio met last ...

Jost Kobusch to Solo Everest in Winter

Angela Benavides

09/12/2019

8000ers Everest

Twenty-seven-year-old Jost Kobusch is in Kathmandu, sorting out last-minute logistics before beginning an adventure like no other: Everest, ...

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