They are seeing the same they have seen for the past few years with avalanches and rock fall – not surprising as the world’s mountains are literally melting.\u00a0They posted this update<\/a> on reaching Camp 4 but at the price of 2 Sherpas being injured:<\/p>\n This camera was tilted (look at\u00a0the background and horizon) but the South face is quite steep nonetheless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Slovenian duo Luka Stra\u017ear and Nejc Mar\u010di\u010d are trying to ascend the West Face of Annapurna in alpine style, in the most direct way possible. They arrived in Nepal mid-September. They are climbing the normal route. They have reached 6000 meters. They are posting occasional updates on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Hans Kammerlander<\/a>\u00a0is now on his way to Manaslu on October 20, 2017. He is driving, flying and trekking. The route is reported in good shape and a couple of other small teams will also be there.<\/p>\n Meanwhile back on the 7000 meter peaks in Nepal.\u00a0Nepal is extremely popular for climbs of the so called “Trekking Peaks” of Island and Meru plus the more difficult climbs of Ama Dablam\u00a0(6,812m\/22,349\u00a0ft) and Cholatse (6,440m\/21,130ft). The usual commercial guiding suspects\u00a0are\u00a0guiding on these this\u00a0season – too many to try to track.<\/p>\n Ama Dablam is often called the most beautiful peak in the world, but Alpamayo<\/a> also\u00a0claims that title. I have climbed both and would call it a draw!<\/p>\n Ama Dablam has experienced dramatic changes in the last ten years not only in topology but also by attracting crowds. When I summited<\/a> it in 2000, we were the only team on the mountain. Today there can be 300 people on the peak at one time.<\/p>\n I climbed with Adventure Consultants and coming down from the summit was when I first considered attempting Everest so, needless to say, Ama is special to me.\u00a0This is the latest from the Adventure Consultants<\/a> team:<\/p>\n This afternoon we set up some fixed ropes and practised the essential skills needed for the climb ahead. The South-West ridge is well known for its steepness and exposure, and we need to be sure in our abilities before we commit to the route. Along with Dawa and Perkash, two of our climbing Sherpa, we all refreshed our jumaring, traversing and rapelling skills. Tomorrow we plan to hike up to Advanced Base Camp (or Yak Camp as it’s known) to further our acclimatisation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There have been several attempts<\/a> in the past three years to summit via the North Ridge instead of the standard\u00a0South East Ridge, but there has been no success.<\/p>\n Ama has emerged as a dangerous climb. Six climbers were killed in November 2006 when part of the Dablam collapsed hitting Camp 3. Parts\u00a0of the\u00a0\u00a0Dablam also collapsed in late 2008 but didn’t take any lives. In 2014, three climbers were killed when the Dablam released but some say they were depending on\u00a0old ropes<\/a> and that contributed to their deaths.<\/p>\n Today, teams continue to climb but many choose to bypass Camp 3 and have a very, very long day from\u00a0Camp 2 to the summit but some guides have stopped climbing Ama Dablam all together due to the danger.<\/p>\n Cholatse located between the Khumbu and\u00a0Gokyo Valleys, has emerged as an alternative to Ama with less danger. Phil Crampton<\/a>, Altitude Junkies,\u00a0 calls it his favorite Himalayan climb. This is his latest update:<\/p>\n Our team memebrs have all now arrived in Kathmandu and will be taking private helicopters to Namche Bazar on Monday. After a couple of days in Namche the team will start the trek to base camp.<\/p>\n I arrived in Namche yesterday as we have some final logisitcs to sort out for the Cholatse and Ama Dablam expeditions as well as our new climb, Kyajo Ri which we will be offering in 2018.<\/p>\n As with last year, the monsoon was very late to leave Nepal and this caused some pretty dismal weather conditions in September as well as delaying many Lulka flights. Most early expeditions to the Khumbu ended up hiring helicopters to make the flight to Lukla. We have always used helicopters to avoid any delay at the start of our expeditions.<\/p>\n The trails are busy with trekkers heading to Everest base camp and climbers heading to the popular Island Peak and Ama Dablam. Hopefully now the monsoon has offically withdrew from Nepal we will start to get the favorable weather conditions the fall season is famous for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A team of French Alpinists, calling themselves the\u00a0“The Moustache Gang” sent a new route on the South Face of Nuptse which is adjacent to Everest and Lhotse and climbed from Nepal. There are seven peaks on the Nuptse ridge and they reached Nuptse II at 7,742 meters. While this was a new variation, there are several \u00a0routes on the South Face. The posted the success on Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0From their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n Nuptse south face, one of the most coveted walls in the world, a 2500 m face of steep rock and ice, 4 km across and topping out at 7861 m at the highest point.\u00a0With only four ascents by big names in alpinism, a new route up this face will put the Gang des Moustaches into the history books.<\/p>\n Nuptse which is connected to Everest, currently has just one route (out of the four) attempted in alpine style. A handful of well known names; Chris Bonington Valeri Babanov, Stephane Benoit, Patrice Glairon-Rappaz, Steve House, and Marko Prezelj, Koshelenko lay claim to this face, mostly succeeding by using fixed rope or in heavy himalayan style.<\/p>\n The team made up with\u00a0French alpinist Frederic Degoulet,\u00a0Ben Guigonnet, and Helias Millerioux. Degoulet attempted\u00a0a new route on the South Face of Nuptse II, at 7742m without reaching it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n According to the Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency, a group of 30 climbers, aged between 30 and 50, ignored the ban and was hit by an avalanche as it was descending from the mountain peak on Sunday, October 22, 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n October is the time of year when only a few 8000ers are climbed, too early for Antartica or Aconcagua but spot on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Himalayan climbing is going strong even on the 8000ers: Annapurna, Lhotse and Manaslu. 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<\/a>Annapurna – 6000m<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Manaslu – Travelling<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“Trekking Peaks”<\/h3>\n
Ama Dablam<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>New Nuptse Route<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Burke Khang<\/h3>\n
10 Dead on\u00a0Mongolia\u2019s Mount Otgontenger<\/h3>\n
\nAlan
\nMemories are Everything<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"