Spring 2018 Kick-off: The Himalayan Climbing Season Begins
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Teams are already in Nepal. Some are finalizing details in Kathmandu, others are already trekking towards Base Camps. Here’s a brief review of some expeditions to kick off the season’s proceedings. Shisha Pangma Slovenian-German duo Ines Papert and Luka Lindic intends to climb Shisha Pangma from Southside. They will search for an opportunity to climb a new line or a variant. Luka has climbed ..read more
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Winter K2: End of Another Polish Attempt on The Mountain of Mountains
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Polish team has decided to conclude the K2 winter expedition 2018 and start the return trip. The expedition manager drafted a list of causes for the cancellation of further action. Nevertheless, given the chain of events of past week or so, it seemed inevitable. This was perhaps the only rational option as well. Extended Bad Weather A week ago, Denis Urubko returned to BC after failed solo ..read more
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Revisiting K2 Winter 2018: What Happened Thus Far and What Next?
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It was a star-studded expedition consisting of Poland’s finest climbers. Inclusion of Denis Urubko was the icing on the cake. The expedition started with extensive media coverage and a lot of positive energy. After all, preparations for this attempt had been going on since years. Two months down the course, has K2 weathered away the flare and flamboyance? The winter season ends in three weeks ..read more
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[Updated] Winter Everest: It's Over. Alex Txikon Leaves
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[28-Feb-2018] It's official now. As per communication from Alex Txikon's team, they have decided to conclude the expedition.  Update 27-Feb-2018 Winter Everest isn't done yet! As per Alex Txikon, two members of expedition Temba and Ali Sadpara departed for Kathmandu as they couldn't continue the attempt. The Spaniard along with four Sherpa are still in BC and considering different options. "We ..read more
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K2: Denis Urubko Back in BC, Withdraws from the Expedition
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Following an unsuccessful summit attempt, Denis Urubko returned to BC this afternoon. While precise details of his foray are still awaited, it has been formally announced that he is leaving K2 winter expedition 2018; a decision which suites everyone. “Denis Urubko, according to his convictions regarding the end of the winter season, decided to leave the Winter Expedition on K2. This decision ..read more
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A Rebellious [Unsuccessful] Summit Push on K2
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There has been an interesting – rather implausible - development on K2 over the weekend. There was an unsuccessful summit push. It was a solo venture without expedition manager’s approval. Denis Urubko left BC on February 24th. He silently went past Marcin Kaczkan and Maciej Bedrejczuk who had started the ascent earlier that day. Denis had not informed anyone in BC of his plan, and denied ..read more
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Winter Everest Summit Attempt [Updated]
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After month long preparations and a long wait at BC, its action time on Everest. Alex Txikon, Ali Sadpara and the five climbing Sherpa Temba Bothe, Nuri, Cheppal, Pasang Norbu and Wolung Dorgie are enroute the summit of the mountain. If everything goes as per plan, they will be reaching the top on February 25th. Alex Txikon (and perhaps Ali Sadpara too) intend to climb the mountain without ..read more
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Tomek Mackiewicz and Nanga Parbat: Seven Years of Love, Faith, Deceit and the Union
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Winter 2011: Everyone is talking about Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I and GII, and rather a mysterious lone Russian on Nanga Parbat. And then there are two more; Marek Klonowski and Tomasz Mackiewicz. “There are no details of this undertaking in Polish sources,” comments wspinanie.pl. The duo’s credentials are limited to first Polish ascent of Mount Logan in Canada and traverse of the massif. The ..read more
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Rescue Mission on Nanga Parbat - Elisabeth Rescued to Skardu
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Tomek Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol are in need of help on Nanga Parbat. They launched summit-push from C3 (7300m) on Jan 25th. While precise details of summit-push are unavailable at the moment (reports say, they made it to the summit), it’s known that Tomek suffered altitude sickness on the way back. He became snow blind and suffered frostbites. On January 26th, the home-team of two climbers ..read more
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Winter 2018: Everest Team on a roll, No Camp-1 on K2
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Winter teams on Everest and K2 are making good progress despite not-so-favourable conditions. It’s mandatory, nonetheless, as weather windows are few and far between in winter and once available, teams should be ready for working at high altitudes. Everest It have been productive few days for Alex Txikon, Ali Sadpara and Sherpa on Everest. On January 15th, they extended the route from C1 ..read more
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