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Broad Peak, Everest Climbers Back in BC

Angela Benavides

07/02/2020

It has been a perfect summit day in the Karakorum, sunny and calm. Ironically, Denis Urubko and Don Bowie are back in Base Camp -- Bowie, be...

Tension on Everest — Jost Kobusch Descends at Night

Angela Benavides

06/02/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers

Alarm mounted for several hours at Everest Base Camp this evening, when Jost Kobush's tracking device located him around an unstable ice wal...

Weather Clears on Broad Peak, Urubko on the Move

Angela Benavides

05/02/2020

Everest Karakorum Winter 8000ers

A sudden improvement in the weather was all that Denis Urubko and Don Bowie needed to change their minds, their plans and their direction. O...

Broad Peak: Urubko Reaches 7,000m

Angela Benavides

31/01/2020

Everest Himalaya Karakorum Winter 8000ers

In a brief report today, Urubko cited "very hard conditions" on Broad Peak. Coming from him, this surely means it's hell. Indeed, Urubko, Do...

Jost Kobusch: Back in BC, Injured but not Defeated

Jerry Kobalenko

30/01/2020

Everest

"There were only rope shreds left of what was once my established route," Jost Kobusch wrote earlier today, back in Everest Base Camp. Restl...

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

Angela Benavides

28/01/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

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...

Winter 8,000’ers, Updated: Summit Action Brewing

Angela Benavides

23/01/2020

Everest K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Update: Denis Urubko was originally determined not to waste the next weather window and head for the summit directly from BC. But today, Jan...

Winter 8,000’ers: Progress Sputters Due to Cold and Deep Snow

Angela Benavides

20/01/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers

The difference between easy spring days in the busy Himalaya and the hardships of winter for solo climbers and small teams on huge, ice-cove...

Jost Kobusch Picks West Ridge for Everest Winter Solo

Angela Benavides

06/01/2020

Everest Himalaya Winter 8000ers

The West Ridge it shall be! An ingenious route to avoid the hazardous Khumbu Icefall, to gain altitude up a direct line and then to travers...

Winter 8,000’ers: Teams on the Move

Angela Benavides

03/01/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers

Winter in the Karakorum is showing a fierce face on Broad Peak and Gasherbrum. Denis Urubko, Don Bowie and Lotta Hintsa finally reached Bas...

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