from The Alpinist - newswire
The alpine community has lost a giant. Walter Bonatti died of cancer last night. He was eighty-one. Perhaps the finest alpinist there has ever been. -Doug Scott Walter Bonatti is gone. After eight decades of life the Italian climber passed away in Rome. Born on June 22, 1930 in Bergamo in Italy Bonatti burst onto the climbing stage at the age of eighteen with the fourth ascent of the north face of the Grandes Jorasses (4208m), one of the great north faces of the Alps. Three years later he made the first
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from Himalman's Weblog
Kinga Baranowska K2 Expedition 2010 to jej uczestnictwo w wyprawa : K2 and Broad Peak Polish Expedition 2010. Wkrótce, 19 czerwca rozpoczyna się kolejna wyprawa w Himalaje Kingi Baranowskiej, tym razem na szczyt K2. Będzie to wyprawa polska K2 and Broad Peak Polish Expedition 2010, a oficjalny skład uczestników to : Bogusław Ogrodnik (kierownik [...]
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from The Adventurist
Rock and Ice Magazine is reporting that Fabrizio Zangrilli will be leading the first-ever commercial expedition to K2 in 2009. An Australian/U.S. expedition company, Field Touring Alpine, has put this expedition together. From Rock and Ice: The K2 expedition which will depart this June for Pakistan ushers in a new era of Himalayan mountain-guiding or “Super Guiding” and is unparalleled in scope: seven seasoned high-altitude climbers will employ a commercial guide service and the leadership skills of
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