Expedition

To było jak grom z jasnego nieba. Informacja o powrocie Whitney Houston była tak nieprawdopodobna, że ludzie w pierwszej kolejności potraktowali to jako plotkę. Szybko jednak okazało się, że to prawda. Diva sceny wraca. Ktoś ma wątpliwości, że ta jej powrót to wydarzenie roku? Read Full Story

The Himalayas by the Fingertips . A story of extreme climbing always sounds a bit like a fairy tale. As the altitude grows and the difficulties pile up, the eyes of the listeners open wider and wider. Some of them accept the account at face-value, others refuse to believe it, assuming the story-teller is telling stories. Not than you can blame them – it does take some imagination to picture somebody climbing mountain faces many kilometers high, going up steps no bigger than a bottle top... Read Full Story

Himalaya is folding but already action is announced for next spring with focus on Annapurna. Last week brought interviews with Ryan Waters and Cecilie Skog. In the pipe: a HumanEdgeTech Power Special coming up. And more kids are joining the “Baptized by fire” tune. Jessica Watson, 16, left Sydney on October 18 to sail non-stop around the world. Piantoni’s remains recovered Yuri Parimbelli, Adriano Greco and Marco Astori, assisted by Spanish Edurne Pasaban, Ferrán Latorre, Asier Izaguirre... Read Full Story

More news from the HImalaya, where it appears that we will continue to wait for the first woman to join the ranks of men who have topped out on all of the 8000 meter peaks, as the Korean team on Annapurna, which includes Oh Eun-Sun, have called off their summit bid, and are now preparing to go home. ExWeb is reporting that the team got as high as Camp 3 over the weekend, but high winds prevented them from going any higher. They have now returned to Base Camp, and are preparing to depart... Read Full Story

(MountEverest.net) “I’m not a bull-fighter; I don’t want to die in the ring.” Packing up, Edurne Pasaban reflected on her decision when minutes later she was stunned about Roby Piantoni, perished on the very same face she had just renounced to climb. Meanwhile on Annapurna, Korean Oh Eun-Sun prepares to set off on a second summit push in spite of the gale, while Manaslu climbers are throwing the towel in and heading home. Shisha Pangma – south side “Winds picked up to nearly 100km/h at... Read Full Story

(MountEverest.net) It’s been an action-packed weekend, with Miss Oh failing her first (but not last) summit push on Annapurna, and Andrew Lock celebrating the summit of his 14th 8000er – after a very tough climb to Shisha Pangma Main, with an open bivouac in a storm included. Other teams on Shisha, Everest and Manaslu are preparing to set off as soon as weather conditions improve. Sadly, hope is lost for the Korean climbers missing on Hiunchuli – the search has been called off. Shisha... Read Full Story

More updates from the Himalaya today with some news on the two ladies who have been vying for their place in history on the 8000 meter peaks. We’ll start on Shisha Pangma, where Edurne Pasaban has announced that her expedition is over and that the team is heading home. She reports that weather forecasts are not good, and that they don’t look to improve any time soon, so rather than extend the climbing permit, she’ll leave the mountain without a summit for the fourth time. Edurne is one of... Read Full Story

(MountEverest.net) Most climbers are in base camps dodging severe weather battering all Himalayan 8000ers today. As for next year, Silvio Mondinelli and Daniele Bernasconi are eyeing the unclimbed north face of Gasherbrum I. Annapurna “Snow is falling heavily in BC Annapurna BC – some big tents have been flattened,” Kim Jae-Soo’s sponsor told ExWeb correspondent Kyu Dam Lee. “Mr. Kim postponed his trek out, since it is nearly impossible to leave BC. The entire mountain is wrapped in... Read Full Story

Lots is going on at this moment in Himalaya. Miss Oh Eun-sun left C3 early Friday towards Annapurna summit. Two Korean climbers on a nearby peak have been missing for more than a week. A summit push is also ongoing on Manaslu and climbers are high up on Shisha Pangma, where a huge winter storm hit today while Mazur’s team shortroped an ill climber down. In other news: Simone Moro has scrubbed his Cho Oyu SW face attempt due to the Chinese closure of Tibet. Kudos go this season to a number... Read Full Story

(MountEverest.net/Madrid) Climbing action is underway: Ueli Steck has reached 6,700 meters on a scouting trip up Makalu West Pillar, while Cho Oyu and Shisha teams are taking positions in ABC. According to teams still in Kathmandu, Chinese police is searching the expeditions’ gear at the border – a Belgian climber was reportedly kicked out after officers found a “Free-Tibet” flag among his personal equipment. Makalu “On September 4, I reached 6700 meters on Makalu’s West pillar,” Ueli... Read Full Story