Category : Karakorum

Helicopters Look for Kim, While Accusations Fly In Base Camp

Angela Benavides

24/07/2021

Pakistani and Chinese military forces are searching for the body of Korean climber Kim HongBin. He fell while descending Broad Peak on Monda...

K2 Summit Push: Three Try A Surprise New Route

Angela Benavides

24/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

Taking advantage of good weather, most summit teams have gone up to Camp 1 and Camp 2 on the Abruzzi Spur route. But Karakorum Expeditions h...

Summit Pushes Begin on K2 and Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

23/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

As expected, some K2 climbers have already started up the mountain. And on Broad Peak, some late-arriving climbers who didn't join the previ...

K2: “They Believe that with Money They can do Everything”

Angela Benavides

22/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

The recent events on Broad Peak have impacted those at K2 Base Camp, especially when Fahad Badar of Qatar frostbit his fingers, as Anastasia...

An (Almost) First Ascent of Pumari Chhish East

Angela Benavides

22/07/2021

Alpine style Karakorum

Mathieu Maynadier and Tom Livingstone really made the best out of the only 4 days of good weather out of 30 in their part of the Karakorum. ...

Broad Peak: New Reports on the Rescue and Kim’s Fatal Fall

Angela Benavides

21/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak Karakorum

Little by little, what happened during Broad Peak's recent summit push is becoming clearer. The home team of Russian Vitaly Lazo of the Deat...

What Happened on Broad Peak: A Retelling of Events

Angela Benavides

20/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak Karakorum

Dramatic events have kept our attention on Broad Peak for the last four days. Further details have emerged, others will surely come. Here is...

Kim HongBin Dies on Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

19/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak Karakorum

The disabled Korean, who lost all his fingers on Denali 30 years ago, had just summited his last of 14 8,000m peaks. Kim HongBin has died...

Pakistan Update: Summit Climbers Back in Camp 3

Angela Benavides

19/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak Gasherbrum Karakorum

Summiters on both Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II have made it safely down to Camp 3. And not a moment too soon: The weather deteriorated rapid...

Gasherbrum II Summits, Tough Going on Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

18/07/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

Akhbar Syed, managing expeditions on both Gasherbrums, Broad Peak, and K2 from Broad Peak Base Camp, has told ExplorersWeb that climbers hav...

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