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 [...]

Himalaya 2008 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /12/ – Week in Review.

Posted on September 15, 2008 Where there is a will there is a way. Mountaineers and outfitters who got the Chinese boot have rerouted to peaks such as Manaslu where action is mounting already. In other news: Swedish Viking skier Fredrik Eriksson has revealed bold plans and several interesting Pakistan debriefs have been delivered. There’s [...]

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 [...]