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 /16/ – Week in Review.

Celebrations and terror both took place on Manaslu last week. Closing April 2009; high Himalayas have already claimed the lives of three mountaineers. There was triumph at the North Pole, with both full length teams, one unsupported and one guided/supported, breaking a number of records. ExWeb ran an interview with Simone Moro, Henk de Velde [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /7/ – Week in Review.

Posted on March 2, 2009 Two traverses, one sleep-over, close to 40 expeditions on the south side and at least 8 on the north side – the list of 2009 spring Everest expeditions is up! Add to those 26 expeditions so far on the surrounding 8000ers. And that’s not all.  Also this weekend the brand [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /5/ – Week in Review.

Posted on February 18, 2009 They did it! Winter Makalu is no longer virgin and history could be made also on Broad Peak where a summit push has been ongoing this Valentine’s/President Day weekend. The action packed week also brought the last entries from HumanEdgeTech – with product testimonies from users and a big interview [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /4/ – Week in Review.

Posted on February 9, 2009 While in Karakoram none of the 8000ers have been winter climbed, only one remains in Nepal Himalaya – Makalu – where history could be made within the next 12 hours. Only 8 hours ago (3 am US Mountain Time), Simone called in a voice dispatch stating the men were at [...]