2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Broad Peak Summit Push Stopped
The Karakorum continues to play tough. Yesterday the only team on K2 quickly flew out ending their effort and today the Broad […]
Category: K2 2019 Coverage
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Update on Everest Hanging Serac
Last Autumn, several teams abandoned their Everest climbs fearing a teetering serac above the Khumbu Icefall. It was so massive that if […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs:K2 Winter OVER, Broad Peak Summit Push Underway
Huge news that Mingma Gyalje Sherpa‘s Imagine Nepal has ended its K2 winter effort. The reasons remain vague. The team flew back […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: It’s Cold Up there!!!
To state the obvious for the millionth time, climbing in the winter is cold, damn cold. Currently, the Karakorum climbers are seeing […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Incident in Khumbu Icefall
Winter alpine climbing and especially in the Khumbu Icefall are notorious for objective hazards, i.e., avalanches, serac releases, and falls into open […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Summit Push Called Off
Climbing 8,000 meters peaks are hard enough, but in winter all the odds are against making the summit. This winter is validating […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Injury and Summit Push
The weather on Everest is making for slow progress but it’s better in the Karakorum where the Broad Peak team is hoping […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Update: Jost on the Move on Everest, Urubko/Bowie on Broad Peak
No progress on Everest or Broad Peak due to poor weather but plans to reach Camp 2 on K2. Monday, Jan 28 […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Summit!
The first Himalayan summits of this winter season were on Ama Dablam while poor weather bogs down the other climbs. Ama Dablam […]
2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Progress in Bad Weather
Quiet across most of the Himalaya today. Progress on Ama Dablam while poor weather bogs down the Everest and Broad Peak advances. […]