Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /20/ – Week in Review. Special edition – ExplorersWeb Year in Review.

Posted on December 29, 2008 In August 1999, MountEverest.net was reconstructed from an expedition website to a mountaineering news source. The guide was added and daily stories – mainly from the 8000ers – went up. Following founders’ and friends’ expeditions, other adventure websites were added in fast pace: ThePoles, TheOceans, K2Climb, AdventureStats, BaseCampMD, AdventureWeather, HumanEdgeTech [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /19/ – Week in Review.

Posted on December 22, 2008 One was checking his sms, the other was having a smoke. Canuck Don Bowie shot a great image last week of what it’s like to climb winter 8000ers in Polish style. South Pole might, or might not, have a brand new speed record. It’s close, very close, between Todd and [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /18/ – Week in Review.

Posted on December 15, 2008 It’s mid-December and you know what that means: ExWeb is gearing up for the 2008 Best of ExplorersWeb Awards and Year in Review. But there will be more: check out this sneak preview on what’s up in the coming weeks: Following a somewhat slow fall; we expect a very interesting [...]

Himalayan Trilogy once again, part 5 – Annapurna West Face. Tryptyk Reaktywacja, cz. 5: mBank Annapurna West Face Expedition. /Version polish/

Piotr Morawski przed atakiem na szczyt Annapurny! To był kluczowy weekend w drodze na Annapurnę – Piotr Morawski z Alpinus Expedition Team jest już przygotowany do ataku na szczyt! W sobotę Piotr Morawski z Peterem Hamorem znaleźli drogę do jedynki na 5500 m n.p.m. Z informacji smsowych Piotra Morawskiego: cały lodowiec za nami, przed nami [...]

HiMalayan Expedition – Dhaulagiri 2008 part 2. HiMalajska Wyprawa Ryszarda Pawłowskiego – Dhaulagiri 2008 cz. 2. /Version english and polish/

oryginal post by : – http://www.climbinghimalayas.eu/ Acclimatisation on Island Peak (6180 m) Two members of the expedition, Artur Hajzer and Robert Szymczak, decided to acclimatise before the proper climb on Dhaulagiri by summiting Island Peak (6189 m) – a popular trekking peak. Ryszard Pawłowski has already gained initial acclimatisation after climbing Aconcague twice in February [...]