Category : Winter Himalaya

Winter 8,000’ers, Updated: Summit Action Brewing

Angela Benavides

23/01/2020

Everest K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Update: Denis Urubko was originally determined not to waste the next weather window and head for the summit directly from BC. But today, Jan...

Simone Moro Expedition Ends in Near-Fatal Crevasse Fall

Angela Benavides

19/01/2020

8000ers Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

The Gasherbrum Glacier has just ended Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger's expedition, and it almost ended Moro's life. The couple had a close ca...

Adam Bielecki: Winter is the New Spring

Angela Benavides

15/01/2020

K2 Winter Himalaya

Since shattering his heel during moment's inattention last autumn, Adam Bielecki has quietly focused on recovering. Rumors that he was in Pa...

Updated: Who is Really Going for Winter K2 This Season?

Angela Benavides

04/12/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Two months ago, it seemed that K2 would be busier than ever this winter. But the main players are still waffling for a variety of reasons. ...

Winter K2 Preview: Between Mountain Excellence and Commercialization

Angela Benavides

11/09/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Winter K2 has become the great unsolved problem of the Himalaya. As such, it has caught the attention of those wishing to "conquer" the ulti...

Txikon Interview, Part II: What Really Happened to Nardi and Ballard

Angela Benavides

15/04/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

The most-discussed aspect of Alex Txikon's winter K2 expedition did not even take place on that mountain. It was the search-and-rescue opera...

K2 Quest Ends: Txikon Back in Base Camp

Angela Benavides

17/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

As it often does, the wind ultimately decided success or failure in the mountains. Today, Alex Txikon, Pansang and Chappal Sherpa waited...

Txikon Searches on Foot for Nardi and Ballard

Angela Benavides

04/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter Himalaya

Alex Txikon and three of his team, together with Pakistani climber Ramat Ullah Baig, finally made it by helicopter to Nanga Parbat Base Camp...

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...

Tom Ballard Reports From Nanga Parbat, Part II

Ash Routen

02/02/2019

8000ers Winter Himalaya

Tom Ballard, Daniele Nardi and Co. continue to spend more time shoveling than climbing. Here, with light edits, the British climber gives us...

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