from The Adventure Blog
The mountaineering film Cold has been getting a lot of positive buzz lately, picking up awards at various festivals and earning climber/filmmaker Cory Richards recognition as one of Nat Geo's Adventurers of the Year . The film follows Richards, along with climbers Simone Moro and Dennis Urubko, as they make the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, an 8035 meter (26,362 ft) peak located in Pakistan, hence the title "Cold." Now, the film is set to make its online debut thanks to Outside Magazine . Tomorrow
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from The Alpinist - newswire
In a three-day push from base camp, Simone Moro, Cory Richards and Denis Urubko completed the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II. On February 2 the team reached the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) in the remote Karakoram Range in northwest Pakistan. "It has been very hard, but the three of us feel well," Simone reported from the summit. The team left their 6900m camp at 3 a.m. and reached the summit around 11:30 a.m. As weather conditions continue to deteriorate, they hope to descend to Camp 2 or 1 by
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from The Alpinist - newswire
O n May 16, Kazakh alpinist Denis Urubko ascended a new variation on the upper 500 meters of Lhotse (8516m) after observing the line with Simone Moro in the weeks before. Beginning from the South Col (7906m) at 6:10 a.m., Urubko branched off from the standard route to take a new line just below Lhotse's north ridge on the western face of the mountain, reaching the main summit at 11:30 a.m. He said he decided to try the variation because it was such a logical line, adding that he was confused that nobody
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