Everest Winter Attempt Update
Alex Txikon is now at Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side preparing to begin his acclimatization rotations on Everest. He is being supported by Seven Summits Treks and five Sherpas who will fix the route thru the Khumbu Icefall. They had their Puja today, January 6, 2016. Txikon is 35 years old and is joined by 28 […]
Climbing News: Chad Kellogg Death, Nanga Parbat winter, Eddie Bauer Bought
Three items to report starting with sad news. Speed climber Chad Kellogg died in a rock fall in Patagonia on February 14, 2014. These details were reported on the forum at Supertopo: Over two days Chad Kellogg and Jens Holsten climbed the Afanassieff Route on the NW ridge of Cerro Fitz Roy in southern Patagonia, […]
Climbing News: Karakorum Drama, Denali Records
2013 has not been kind to climbers in Pakistan’s Karakorum mountains. The season started with a horrific massacre on Nanga Parbat, followed by summits marred by deaths. As we approach the end of the climbing period, ambulance teams on K2 are fighting difficult weather. Nanga Parbat The season began with the massacre of 11 international […]
Climbing News: Deaths on Broad Peak, Naga Parbat
The winter of 2013 has come with strong summits, valiant efforts and unfortunate deaths. Climbing in the winter is dangerous at and deadly in many cases. A coveted summit is one of the fourteen 8, 000m mountains. As of this winter, only K2 and Nanga Parbat remain to be summited in the winter in spite […]
Climbing News: Alone on Denali, Biking the South Pole, winter Naga Parbat – updated
While the rest of us are enjoying the holidays with family, two adventures are pushing the limits. This post is a quick look at what is happening in the mountaineering world as we close out 2012. It was has been quite the year with a dangerous Everest season followed by deadly avalanches on Manaslu, Mont […]
Climbing News: Everest Fall Push, Manaslu Summits and Deaths and more
The fall 2012 climbing season is winding down after a difficult season. Between high winds, heavy snow and avalanches; there were only a few summits on the world’s largest peaks and, sadly, many deaths. There is action on Everest again this Fall so the season is not quite over. Here goes the round up: Everest […]
Climbing News: K2, Gasherbrum, New Gear
While I was gone on Rainier, lots happened around the climbing world. It seemed that July 31, view 2012 was magic in the Karakorum with record summits on K2 plus the only summits on Broad Peak across the gully the same day. Those who waited for another window, never got higher than mid mountain. Elsewhere […]
Climbing News: Mont Maudit (Blanc) Tragedy, Difficult Denali, Karakorum Drama
Just back from my own climb of Peru’s Alpamayo, no I wanted to post a quick recap of recent news for the climbing world with success, dramas and death. Let’s start with some good news. Denali Success British climbers Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman showed Denali is not a simple walk up by making a […]
Climbing News: Denali and Hood Deaths, Karakorum Season Starts
It has been a difficult few days in the mountains with several deaths that are hard to understand. On the heels of 10 Everest deaths this season, the media has taken more than a casual interest in these climbing deaths. Interestingly however, they have not attracted the same frenzied calls for regulations, drugstore limits or […]