K2 2018 Summer Season Coverage
The weather around the Karakoram peaks are making the early teams work hard to establish low camps. Other teams continue their treks […]
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K2 2018 Summer Season: Weekend Update 22 June
Late June continues on schedule in Northern Pakistan but the weather is causing some delays. Teams are arriving at K2’s base camp […]
K2 2018 Summer Season Coverage: Weekend Update 17 June – Japanese at K2
The summer K2 season is well underway with teams at base camp or making the trek up the Baltoro. And the other […]
K2 2018 Summer Season Coverage: Teams at Base Camp
Teams are arriving at K2 Base Camp so look for climbing to begin soon. Japanese Arrive Akira Oyabe and his 10 member […]
K2 2018 Summer Season Coverage
Welcome to my annual coverage of the 2018 K2 summer climbing season. I will be reporting from my home in Colorado this […]
Everest 2018: The Climb to Honor Ueli Steck
In late March, Tenjing “Tenji” Sherpa wrote on his Facebook page “Happy 4th months Birthday to my little princess, Chhenzum. Sometimes when […]
Nanga Parbat: 1 Saved, 1 Lost and the Spirit of Mountaineering is Strong
By now, the story is well known and earning global headlines in both the mountaineering and mainstream press. Two climbers joined together […]
K2 and Everest Winter Climbs are on!
After months of speculation, Alex Txikon will return to attempt a winter, no supplemental oxygen summit of Everest. And the Polish K2 […]