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 /21/ – Week in Review.

American climbers Micah Dash and Wade Johnson are missing in Sichuan while Jonathan Copp’s remains have been found. Read more in a Monday update at ExWeb. In other news: Pakistan is gearing up although in lesser numbers. Last-word debriefs still trickle in from the past Nepal/Tibet-Himalaya season; with reportedly also Cho Oyu claiming a victim [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /15/ – Week in Review.

Posted on October 6, 2008 One after the other, difficult attempts on Himalayan 8000ers folded last week. Skiing 1300 vertical meters of virgin powder from 6800 meters; Fredrik and Jorgen played Russian Roulette with avalanches on Kang. Commercial teams are not exactly know to forge new routes, but last week they did exactly that – [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /14/ – Week in Review.

Posted on September 29, 2008 Lonely climbers on difficult attempts have taken center stage in Himalaya, with two teams reported on Everest. In other news: a Portuguese team was reportedly expelled from Cho Oyu, while it’s climbing as usual in troubled ex-Soviet. In Pakistan, the ministry has granted continued royalty cut, reporting all well in [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /13/ – Week in Review.

Posted on September 22, 2008 Two great explorers – an 8, 8000er summiteer and one of the very first “Three Poles” adventurers – were lost in an avalanche last week. Cho Oyu sported the first (somewhat sad) summits of the season on the 2nd year anniversary of the now entirely locked down border pass of [...]