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At least five Nepali climbers including Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja successfully climbed the world’s second-highest peak this morning.
Five Nepali climbers who stood atop Mt K2 this morning. Photo Courtsey: Mingma David Sherpa
According to Mingma David Sherpa, who is now at the base camp of Mt K2, Purja-led team of rope ...
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Romanian climber Alex Găvan has reached the Gasherbrum II peak in the Karakoram mountains, without the aid of supplemental oxygen.
This is the seventh, over 8,000-meter peak Găvan conquers, in a project to become the first Romanian who climbs all the 14 peaks of over 8,000 meters in the world, without supplemen...
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Dr. Francesco Cassardo, the Italian mountaineer injured last Saturday at over 6300 meters on Gasherbrum VII, has been airlifted to safety. The rescue efforts by Carlalberto Cala Cimenti, Denis Urubko, Don Bowie, Jaroslaw Zdanowich and Janusz Adamski and also Marco Confortola proved to be of fundamental importance.
The dr...
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Turns out that it’s not over on K2. While most big teams have called off their expedition because of the extreme avalanche danger near the summit, Nirmal Purja is leading a rope-fixing crew on a last-ditch attempt, closely followed by ...
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Ten-year-old Selena became the youngest person to climb the 7,027m peak of Spantik also known as the Golden Peak situated in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Nagar Valley in the Karakoram sub-range.
Selena had previously held the record of climbing the 5,765-metre-high Quz Sar Peak followed by 6,050-metre Mingli Sir in 2018 a...
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Deep snow and avalanche risk has forced back climbers on K2.
K2 from Base Camp. Photo: Imagine Nepal
“Mingma Tenzi and Pemba Tshering tried to break the trail from the Bottleneck, but it was almost impossible to advance,” sa...
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She clung to the sheer rock face barefoot with no safety ropes or climbing gear in sight. To her left, the enormous stone head of George Washington protruded from the side of the granite mountain. An equally impressive likeness of Thomas Jefferson boxed her in from the right. About 15 feet above her was the top of Mount Rus...
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“Finally, the time we have been waiting for has arrived,” Mike Horn posted yesterday. Together with Fred Roux, and virtually everyone else in Base Camp, Horn set off earlier today toward the summit of the Savage Mountain. “The ascent w...
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South Korean climber Kim Hong-bin, who lost all of his fingers to frostbite nearly 30 years ago, has managed to reach the summit of 13 of the 14 mountains in the world that are higher than 8-thousand meters.
Kim reached the top of the worlds 11th highest mountain, Gasherbrum I.
He plans to climb the final mount...
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