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Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Pakistan wrap-up: K2 not over yet on either side, under the radar notes from Rodrigo, and more.

Image from Google (Angela Benavides) Compared to Everest where KTM heli shuttles, food yaks, bars, and a general bustling scene of hundreds of climbers cushion the waiting game: hanging in the dark and cold BC on K2 south side is a challenge in itself. Fabrizio and Kinga have done it for two months already, still hoping for a [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /8/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google Pakistan climbing is full throttle: seasons first summits went to Latok III; a massive rescue saved a life; scattered victories on the Gasherbrums so far. The past two weeks brought out interviews and some major stories; one such touching the final flight of the shuttle. Pakistan wrap-up: Alexander Odintsovs Russian Big Wall team summited Latok [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /7/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google Climbing statistics, a new list of Pakistan expeditions. Antarctica anniversary technology kick-off and Bits from the Silver Bullet new Silicon Valley adventure tech series. A camel caravan to K2 north side, a few early summit pushes and one success already in Pakistan: Here goes a wrap from ExplorersWeb. 2011 Pakistan List of Expeditions Karakoram will [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /6/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google Greg Mortenson on trial, Erhard Loretan killed, Ueli Stecks unexpected climb, Abele Blanc done at last: in a fairly calm (so far) Himalaya climbing season the news have been anything but. Other: Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion on KKH today, Sunday. Osama Bin Laden was found not in a [...]


XVIII Przegląd Filmów Alpinistycznych im. Wandy Rutkiewicz.

Image from Google Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie zaprasza na XVIII Przeglad Filmów Alpinistycznych im. Wandy Rutkiewicz - SWIAT GÓR I KARAWANY DO MARZEN   XVIII Przegląd Filmów Alpinistycznych plakat. Sylwetkę wspaniałej himalaistki Wandy Rutkiewicz poznasz czytają post : - 


Easter 2011, also called Pascha. Polska Wielkanoc 2011. /Version english and polish/

Image from Google Easter (Greek: Πάσχα Paskha, from Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesakh,) is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] Easter in 2010 falls on the following days: First day of Easter April 24, 2011 Sunday The second day of Easter April 25, 2011 Monday It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, [...]


Makalu Expedition 2011 : wyprawa Kingi Baranowskiej.

Image from Google Kinga Baranowska Makalu Expedition 2011. Wkrótce, w drugiej dekadzie kwietnia rozpoczyna się kolejna wyprawa w Himalaje Kingi Baranowskiej, tym razem na szczyt Makalu.   Makalu Expedition 2011 plakat Celem wyprawy jest wspinaczka na szczyt Makalu ( 8463 m m n.p.m.) piąty co do wysokości (po Mount Everest) szczyt Ziemi.     Makalu ( 8463 [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /5/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google Not even last-man-standing Ben Saunders made it out to the edge of the Arctic ice from Canada this year. At least choppers have taken off for Borneo, on the Russian side of the North Pole. Winter Karakoram climbing barely over (statistics are up) spring Himalaya has already kicked off with most teams arrived in Kathmandu [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /4/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google It has been an unexpectedly action-packed week at ExplorersWeb. The winter summit of GII made waves with a very 45 degrees below, raging wind, jet-plane altitudes and slippery walls: last we left off, Gasherbrum II had a historic first winter ascent but all other attempts since have been in naught. GI and Broad Peak climbers [...]


Himalaya 2011 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /3/ – Week in Review.

Image from Google It has been an unexpectedly action-packed week at ExplorersWeb. The winter summit of GII made waves with a very hard descent, and the situation in Egypt had our team scramble to find related explorers for comments. All ending well, time came to look to the future in an exciting 2011 Himalaya tech outlook published today. [...]