Category : K2

Txikon Interview, Part II: What Really Happened to Nardi and Ballard

Angela Benavides

15/04/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

The most-discussed aspect of Alex Txikon's winter K2 expedition did not even take place on that mountain. It was the search-and-rescue opera...

Exclusive: Alex Txikon on a Troubled K2 Winter Base Camp

Angela Benavides

11/04/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Alex Txikon has both done a lot and has a lot to say. In the last 90 days, he has launched a serious attempt on winter K2, managed a nerve-w...

Is it Possible to Climb the Highest Peak in Every Country in the World in One Lifetime?

Martin Walsh

10/04/2019

8000ers Climbing Everest K2

Whether down a river, up a mountain, through a cave or across an ice cap, a world first sits atop every adventurer's resumé. This is especia...

K2 Quest Ends: Txikon Back in Base Camp

Angela Benavides

17/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

As it often does, the wind ultimately decided success or failure in the mountains. Today, Alex Txikon, Pansang and Chappal Sherpa waited...

K2: One More Day to the Bottleneck, Two to the Summit

Angela Benavides

16/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Alex Txikon, Pasang Sherpa and Cheppal Sherpa have climbed up the Black Pyramid and currently huddle in a tent at 7,050m, about 200 mete...

Breaking News: Winter K2 Summit Push is ON

Angela Benavides

14/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Hoping to beat both the conditions and the approaching equinox, Alex Txikon has started a desperate last push up K2. Nepali climbers Cheppal...

Txikon’s Last Chance for Winter K2

Angela Benavides

13/03/2019

8000ers K2

After an emotional week leading the searching operations on Nanga Parbat, Alex Txikon is back to what he calls "home" -- not the green hills...

Winter K2 Wins Again: It’s Over for Pivtsov’s Team

Angela Benavides

08/03/2019

8000ers K2

They climbed in the toughest conditions, endured hurricanes and freezing cold and launched one push after another as soon as conditions ...

Investigation of Two Shapes on Nanga Parbat Delayed

Angela Benavides

07/03/2019

8000ers K2

Just when it seemed that we might learn something of the fates of Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, missing for 12 days and all but written off...

Hope Fades for Missing Climbers on Nanga Parbat

Angela Benavides

05/03/2019

8000ers K2

Helicopter and drone reconnaissance flights have discovered that massive avalanches have swept the Mummery Spur in the last few days. The se...

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