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It was reported, that also on August, 3rd, Czech climbers David KNILL, Jaroslav NETÍK and Jan TRÁVNÍČEK summited Gasherbrum I. They had planned a new route, but needed to change to the standard route....
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Yesterday Oh Eun-Sun, Carlos Soria and some other climbers ascended Gasherbrum I. For Oh Eun-Sun it was her 13th 8000er and now she is the leading woman in the table with the most 8000ers by women. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner needed to give up K2 today becaus...
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It has been reported, that Cristina Castagna summited Broad Peak (Edit: actually the Rocky Foresummit!) together with her companion Giampaolo Casarotto on Saturday, but fell to her death on descent.
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Nanga Parbat was climbed by several mountaineers on Friday and Saturday. But the season also began with tragedies. It was reported (in German) that Austrian climber Wolfgang Kölblinger did not come back from his ascent and Korean lady climber Go Mi-Sun ...
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Zdeněk HRUBÝ will lead a Czech expedition to Gasherbrum I. The team is going to fly on Thursday (July 9th).
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There were several first ascents by new nationalities and locals last season on Nepal's 8000ers!
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Australian climber Mick Parker (36) died in Kathmandu in the morning of June 4th!...
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Very sad news in the end of the season: Sergei Samoilov, who achieved two new routes with Denis Urubko on Broad Peak and Manaslu, died on Lhotse, reports the homepage of the expedition....
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The first Han Chinese couple summited Everest on May 17th. The story and two photos you can find here! Zhao Yang and her husband Lin Tao already had summited Cho Oyu together in autumn 2008....
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German climber Frank Ziebarth (29) summited Everest without bottled oxygen from Tibet on May 21st, but sadly did not come back!...
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Multiple ascents of Everest were reported during the last days and it will need some time to sort it all out. But there were also some news on the other 8000ers....
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He did it again! Today Apa summited Everest for the 19th time. ...
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes summited Everest also today. Now he is the oldest person, who did the "Three Poles"! ...
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There were many additional summits of Everest, one of them is Billi Bierling! ...
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After the recent historical ascents five tables were updated! ...
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Per telephone conversation the news came in. They summited at about 11h00 AM and are safe back in Camp 4. ...
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Multiple ascents of Everest are ongoing, but also additional ascents of Kangchenjunga and Lhotse are reported! ...
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Scott Parazynski summited Everest today together with Dawa Nuru III (aka Danuru). ...
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Polish lady climber Kinga Baranowska summited Kangchenjunga today. ...
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Today Edurne Pasaban summited her 12th Main-8000er!...