Category : Karakorum

Pakistan: Blizzard Delays Action

Angela Benavides

23/06/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

Climbers are either on their way to Pakistan or tucked in their Base Camp tents, waiting out a serious stormy spell. On Nanga Parbat, the...

Pakistan Roundup: Who’s Doing What, and Where, This Summer

Angela Benavides

18/06/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

As teams converge on Pakistan, we've learned of more exciting plans for new routes and first ascents. Tom Livingstone (who won a Piolet d...

Broad Peak: A Climber’s Guide

Angela Benavides

16/06/2021

8000ers Karakorum

Billi Bierling of the Himalayan Database describes the normal route up 8,047m Broad Peak, the 12th highest peak on Earth. Accordi...

Pakistan: Uncertain Flights, Secret Plans, and Stomach Bugs

Angela Benavides

14/06/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

For the increasing number of climbers aiming to double Broad Peak and K2 this summer, the hurdles begin before the climb. They must obtain a...

Pakistan: Roundup of Summer Expeditions

Angela Benavides

10/06/2021

8000ers Himalaya K2 Karakorum

After the disappointing season in Nepal, teams currently heading for Nanga Parbat and the Karakorum promise an exciting season of lighter as...

K2 West Ridge: Interview with Ian Welsted

Angela Benavides

08/06/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

The Savage Mountain was been tamed with O2 and trussed with kilometres of fixed ropes up the normal Abruzzi Spur route. But the perfect pyra...

K2 Goes Online

Angela Benavides

05/06/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

Karakorum climbers will no longer have to text over InReach to reach the rest of the world. Those days of isolation are apparently over. ...

Karakorum Season On The Edge: Nepalis Banned

Angela Benavides

21/05/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

The arrival of the monsoon usually marks the switch from Nepal to Pakistan for 8,000m climbers. In just three weeks, Pakistan expeditions su...

Andrzej Bargiel Skis Laila Peak

Angela Benavides

10/05/2021

Karakorum Skiing

Andrzej Bargiel has just bagged his expedition's second goal: Today around 1 pm local time, the Polish ski mountaineer summited Laila Peak w...

Andrzej Bargiel Makes First Ascent of Yawash Sar II, Skis Down

Angela Benavides

30/04/2021

Karakorum Skiing

Today, Andrzej Bargiel and Yendrek Baranowski made the first ascent of Yawash Sar II (6,178m), then skied down to the base of the mountain. ...

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