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 /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 /21/ – 2008 Year in Review Special: Everest, Tibet and China.

Posted on December 30, 2008 ExplorersWeb 2008 Year in Review Special: Everest, Tibet and China. Influence of politics was so massive on mountaineering this year we had to lift Everest out of the regular Year in Review. Yet the events were so remarkable they should not fall into oblivion. Here thus an ExWeb 2008 YIR [...]

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 [...]