Category : Karakorum

K2: It’s All Over For Carlos Garranzo

Angela Benavides

12/01/2021

After a long night of vomiting, and now with a kidney ailment, Carlos Garranzo has given up on K2 and will be evacuated from Base Camp asap....

K2: Chaos at Camp 2

Ash Routen

10/01/2021

K2 Karakorum Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

After a week at Base Camp waiting for the storm winds to drop, Nirmal Purja and company hurried to Camp 2 today, only to find tents and equi...

Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #6: Gasherbrum IV’s Shining Wall

Angela Benavides

26/12/2020

Alpine style Karakorum

As we saw yesterday, some aim to climb the highest peak; some others go for the most difficult. Voytek Kurtyka, transcendental to the point ...

K2 Gong Show Continues

Angela Benavides

18/12/2020

K2 Karakorum Winter 8000ers

“The commercialization of alpinism consists of selling extraordinary first ascents to ordinary people," Jost Kobusch told ExplorersWeb two w...

K2 Expedition Hits Winter; Small Teams to Shimshal, Langtang

Angela Benavides

03/12/2020

Himalaya K2 Karakorum

John Snorri and the Sadparas are already experiencing the hardships of the Karakorum cold season. Although they reached Goro 2 camp today, s...

More Skiers Head Off-Piste to Winter Karakorum

Angela Benavides

30/11/2020

Karakorum Skiing

The mini-boom in winter ski mountaineering in the Karakorum continues. Earlier today, Sophie Lenaerts, Stef Maginelle and Jean-Francois Spel...

Winter K2: From Savage to Crowded?

Angela Benavides

17/11/2020

K2 Karakorum Winter 8000ers

While the prospect of a winter K2 expedition was encouraging after a nearly blank climbing season, the 45 members (and counting) on Seven Su...

The New Alpinism: Sani Pakush

Angela Benavides

30/10/2020

Himalaya Karakorum

The old days when 8,000m was a reliable yardstick for degree of difficulty are over. This year in particular, expeditions -- and thanks to C...

Update on Winter Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

27/10/2020

Karakorum Winter 8000ers

Russian-American Alex Goldfarb and Hungarian Zoltan Szlanko entered the winter Himalayan scene last year, when the pair summited 6,119m ...

A New Route on a 6,000m Peak in Pakistan

Angela Benavides

20/10/2020

Karakorum

Flying under the radar, French climbers Symon Welfringer and Pierrick Fine quietly ventured into the Karakorum and after some acclimatizatio...

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