from Jon Glassberg
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity over at LT11. We have been traveling, competing, making movies, editing, and climbing like its our job. In fact, it is our job, and we love it. This is the most rewarding thing I have ever committed my time to. ...
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(By Angela Benavides) Denis Urubko just checked in from Gasherbrums BC. The team is safely back after bagging the first winter 8000er summit in Pakistan but only by sheer luck, the Kazakh said. Gerfried, Louis and Alex will set off towards a new route on Hidden Peaks south face as soon as weather conditions [...]
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(By Angela Benavides) GII winter pioneers Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards were unable to reach BC today due to a major storm hitting the mountain. They have however reached safely C1 for the night, according to RussianClimb. GI team members Gerfried, Louis and Alex are on watch in Base Camp, ready to help [...]
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(Angela Benavides) Finally, theres further good news from Gasherbrum II: Weve found our tent in this terrible storm. Thats all. Tomorrow descent to BC. Thanks for the support, Denis Urubko has just texted. Denis SMS was sent at around 4.00pm, Pakistan time almost five hours after the Kazakh climber, together with Italian Simone Moro [...]
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(Angela Benavides) Attention is on GII, where Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards are pushing for the peaks first winter ascent. Denis Urubko emailed Lena Laletina from C3 this morning, reporting slightly better conditions and the team ready to attempt the summit tomorrow. Yesterday, Denis and Simone checked in over SMS from C2 at [...]
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Simone and Denis are halfway to C2 on GII and going up. Broad Peak’s team leader Artur Hajzer believes they might try to push for the top. The Poles in turn have fixed the route to C2 on Broad Peak. GI climbers are in Skardu and it seems that Nanga Parbat will remain unclimbed; the [...]
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(By Angela Benavides) The climbers left the wives for a great affair Gasherbrum 1. Gerfried Göschl left Austria yesterday; Louis Rousseau just back from Aconcagua had barely time to do laundry before hauling his duffel bags back to Toronto airport; Alex Txikon is due to take a plane from Bilbao Sunday. Gerfried [...]
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(By Angela Benavides) Less than a week after arrival in Base Camp, teams on the Karakoram 8000ers are trying to outrun the cold. On Broad Peak the Polish climbers are fixing ropes above C1 and climbers on GII left a cache near C1. GII: Hard to imagine A fierce storm prevented Simone, Denis and Cory [...]
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While news is expected from Marty Schmidt, currently on a lonely push up Lhotse, there is summit news from south Koreans on Shisha Pangma Main and from the Mexicans on Manaslu. Shisha Pangma South Koreans Chang-Ho Kim, 41, and Sung-Ho Suh summited Shisha Pangma at 2:15PM on October 14, after climbing the British route on [...]
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American Eric Larsen and his four Sherpa climbers bagged the first Everest fall season summits in four years today at noon. On Cho Oyu, Adrian Sanchez reported summiting on October 7. The Jordis are preparing for a summit push on Lhotses south face; Daisuke Hondas body was found on Dhaulagiri. Everest Eric Larsen and his [...]
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