Category : K2

Winter 8000’ers: K2 Climbers reach 7,000m, Nanga Parbat Castaways Wait, and Wait

Angela Benavides

12/02/2019

8000ers K2

The Russian/Kazakh/Kyrgyz team - aka the Eastern team -- returned to K2 Base Camp today after fixing ropes up to the Black Pyramid, at appro...

Winter 8,000’er Update: Two Quit Nanga Parbat

Angela Benavides

04/02/2019

8000ers K2 Winter Himalaya

Not a great time for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard on Nanga Parbat: Apart from the poor weather, they've lost their two Pakistani climbing p...

Winter 8000’er Update: Despair on Nanga Parbat, K2 Climbers Still Hopeful

Angela Benavides

31/01/2019

8000ers K2

Options decrease for winter teams with every day that passes and every fresh load of snow that deposits on the steep slopes. Manaslu climber...

Winter 8000’ers Update: Gale on Manaslu, East Face of K2 “Impossible”

Angela Benavides

28/01/2019

8000ers K2 Manaslu Winter Himalaya

Yesterday, Manaslu experienced hurricane-force winds and six metres of snow -- "yes, six f#####g metres!" confirmed Simone Moro, who had ne...

Winter 8000’ers: K2 Teams Unite

Angela Benavides

10/01/2019

8000ers K2 Manaslu Winter Himalaya

Alex Txikon’s and Vassily Pivtsov’s teams have joined forces, thereby strengthening their chances of solving the so-called final problem of ...

Winter 8000’ers: The Latest From Manaslu, Nanga Parbat and K2

Angela Benavides

02/01/2019

8000ers K2 Manaslu Mountain Winter Himalaya

One team has already started up Nanga Parbat, and climbers from Poland, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Spain are en route to K2. But whi...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #1: Andrzej Bargiel Skis K2

Ash Routen

31/12/2018

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

Winter Karakorum: Secrets and Rumours

Angela Benavides

20/12/2018

K2 Mountain

Winter is coming; that, at least, we know for sure. As for the three expeditions expected to siege the Karakorum giants in about three weeks...

Txikon, Russians Gear Up for Winter K2

Angela Benavides

04/12/2018

K2 Winter Himalaya

Winter K2 has been attempted four times by Polish and Russian climbers. None of them has reached beyond 7,600m of its 8,611m. A Russian/...

High-Altitude Forecasting: The Weather Wizards of the Greater Ranges

Angela Benavides

20/11/2018

Everest K2 Mountain

High-altitude mountaineering has evolved since George Mallory gamely trudged up the Rongbuk glacier in 1924 towards his death, but despite s...

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