Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /23/ – Week in Review.

Bad weather has been punishing climbers in Baltoro valley. Nanga images show serious avalanches on the peak and conditions on K2 are even worse than on Broad Peak according to the French climbers, currently on yet another summit push. Last week ExWeb ran a number of interviews and climbers paid tributes to lost friends. Only [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /22/ – Week in Review.

Flights cancelled due to bad weather and mounting waiting lists forced Karakoram-bound teams to hit the bumpy and exposed KKH for a 25 hour ride to Skardu; at times with police escort. Climbers reported high security also in Islamabad due to recent bomb attacks. The weather is another issue, snow packed peaks are reported by [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /20/ – Week in Review.

The last wave of climbers topped-out Everest last Saturday – as the weather window closed and conditions rapidly turned for the worse. Descending climbers performed several rescues on both sides of the mountain in a sudden storm. Three climbers were lost – among them 3-time ExWeb award winner Sergei Samoilov; Denis Urubko’s free-spirited and courageous [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /11/ – Week in Review.

Posted on September 8, 2008 Even in our world, it’s not often we get invited to four memorials for young friends within only a few months. It gets to you. But then the climbs go on: for we were born explorers and that’s what we must do. Mixing with debriefs, announcements of new climbs are [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /10/ – Week in Review.

Due to Labor Day weekend, here goes a Tuesday edition wrap-up of the past week. Muztagh Tower: Nangpa La hero Pavle Kozjek in fatal fall Slovenian Gregor Kresal was evacuated from MT BC on August 19th. On August 26, news arrived that Dejan Miskovic was trapped high up on Muztagh tower, where Slovenian Pavle Kozjek [...]