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Search for missing climbers on winter Nanga parbat continues

Wrecked Tent and Avalanche Debris Spotted on Nanga Parbat

The helicopter searching the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat...
Ali Sadpara

Nanga Parbat Search Begins – K2 Climbers Ready to Help

A full-scale rescue operation is unfolding on Nanga Parbat,...
Alex Txikon in Camp 2 on winter K2

K2 and Nanga Parbat Action is On!

Update, Feb. 26: Both K2 teams are back in...

Breaking: Weather Forecast Worsens on K2

An urgent new weather update for K2 has just...

Urubko: K2 Teams Have No Chance

As forecast, hurricane-force winds are currently pounding K2. The...

Hurricane Heading for Winter K2

"A Force 4 hurricane is heading towards K2, with...

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

The Russian/Kazakh/Kyrgyz team - aka the Eastern team --...

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

Not a great time for Daniele Nardi and Tom...

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

Options decrease for winter teams with every day that...

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

Yesterday, Manaslu experienced hurricane-force winds and six metres of...

Winter 8000’ers: K2 Teams Unite

Alex Txikon’s and Vassily Pivtsov’s teams have joined forces,...

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

One team has already started up Nanga Parbat, and...

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

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...

Winter Karakorum: Secrets and Rumours

Winter is coming; that, at least, we know for...
Alex Txikon during presentation of K2 Winter expedition 2019

Txikon, Russians Gear Up for Winter K2

[caption id="attachment_8571" align="alignnone" width="2789"] Alex Txikon announces his upcoming...
weather chart position jet stream k2

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

High-altitude mountaineering has evolved since George Mallory gamely trudged...
Artem Braun Winter K2 2019

Winter K2: Artem Braun Says It’s Now or Never

After many headaches and uncertainties, the winter K2 expedition...
dam Bielecki

Adam Bielecki’s Next Big Goal. Hint: It’s not Winter K2

[caption id="attachment_7368" align="alignnone" width="1839"] Adam Bielecki climbs K2’s Black...
ladies of thin air

Updated: The Women of Thin Air

Luo Jing Update, October 25 A day after Luo Jing...
Alex Txikon winter Everest

Alex Txikon: Winter K2 is only an option – and not my first

Alex Txikon has changed his misty Basque Country homeland...

Denis Urubko: I’m going back to K2

By: Laszlo Pinter There is no doubt that Russian Denis...

The Greatest Goal: Teams Prep for Winter K2

In the times of overcrowding, massive use of bottled...

Luo Jing Becomes First Chinese Woman to Climb all 14×8000’ers

Update: October 5, 2018, Spanish news website Desnivel reports...

Sergi Mingote Targets his Second 8,000m Double-Header

[caption id="attachment_6926" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Testing the saturation of oxygen....

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