165 News found
30/11/2010 - Alpinism
Accidents in the Himalaya and helicopter rescues Simone Moro discusses helicopter rescues in the Himalaya, starting with the accident on Ama Dablam which cost the lives of two of his friends, the pilot Sabin Basnyat and the rescue operator Purna Awale, on a mission to rescue the...
07/11/2010 - Interviews
Fourteen times Edurne Pasaban Interview with Edurne Pasaban, the Basque alpinist who has climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks. Interview by Erminio Ferrari and Ellade Ossola.
02/08/2010 - Events
Mountain stories: Courmayeur, August 2010 4 evenings and 4 great mountaineering stories as told by Valery Babanov, Hans Kammerlander, Silvio Mondinelli and Stevie Haston. The evenings will be introduced by Vinicio Stefanello, editor of PlanetMountain.com.
25/05/2010 - Alpinism
Himalayan helicopter rescues Interview with Gerold Biner, operations manager of Air Zermatt, after the recent helicopter rescue missions in the Himalaya.
24/05/2010 - Alpinism
Everest, ascents from Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner to Silvio Mondinelli, Abele Blanc and Simone Moro On 23 May Silvio Mondinelli, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Abele Blanc, Michele Enzio and Marco Camandona reached the summit of Everest from Tibet. On 22 May Simone Moro reached the summit, once again with the use of supplementary oxygen.
17/05/2010 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma: 14th 8000er for Edurne Pasaban, 11th for Mario Panzeri On 17 May Edurne Pasaban from Spain reached the summit of Shisha Pangma, completing her tour of the 14 highest mountains in the world. She summited along with Italian Mario Panzeri (11th 8000er).
30/04/2010 - Alpinism
annapurna, successful and failed rescues Three alpinists weere airlifted to safety by helicopter from an altitude of 6950m on annapurna yesterday, while Spanish mountaineer Tolo Calafat passed away.
28/04/2010 - Alpinism
Miss Oh Eun-Sun crowns all 8000ers, but one alpinist still in difficulty on annapurna. On 27/04/2010 the South Korean alpinist Miss Oh Eun-Sun reached the summit of annapurna and, in doing so, has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000ers. In the meantime though an alpinist is in trouble...
19/04/2010 - Alpinism
annapurna summits: Edurne Pasaban climbs 13th 8000er, Joao Garcia his 14th On 17 April Edurne Pasaban from Spain's Basque country reached the summit of annapurna, her 13th 8000m peak, while Joao Garcia from Portugal completed the collection of the 14 highest mountains in the world. Asier Izaguirre, Alex Chicón, Nacho Orviz...
08/02/2010 - Interviews
Simon Anthamatten interview Ellade Ossola interviews Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Simon Anthamatten, a key player in the mountaineering world with important ascents to his name which have their roots in his desire to maintain an "independent" alpinism.
19/11/2009 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar The charismatic Slovenian climber who became one of the world's leading mountaineers, remembered by British journalist Ed Douglas.
14/11/2009 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar found dead on Langtang Lirung This morning at 05.25 European time the dead body of Slovenian alpinist Tomasz Humar was recovered from 5600m on the South Face of Langtang Lirung (7230m, Nepal) by a helicopter with a rescue team comprised of Swissmen Robert Andenmatten and...
04/08/2009 - Alpinism
Oh Eun-Sun summits Gasherbrum I, her 13th 8000er Yesterday the South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun summited Gasherbrum I (8068m), her 13th 8000m peak.
27/07/2009 - Alpinism
Veikka Gustafson summits all 14 8000ers On 26/07/2009 Veikka Gustafson reached the summit of Gasherbrum I together with Japanese climber Kazuya Hiraide and four Bulgarians. For the mountaineer from Finland this seals his bid to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without supplementary oxygen.
26/05/2009 - Alpinism
A question of style: Meroi, Pasaban, Kaltenbrunner and all the 14 8000m peaks Edurne Pasaban with Kanchenjunga and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner with Lhotse have reached the summit of 12 8000m peaks. Nives Meroi and Romano Benet on the other hand have had to abandon their Kanchenjunga summit bid and have therefore climbed 11. The...
19/05/2009 - Alpinism
Kangchenjunga, summits and abandoned attempts On 18/05 at 2.30 pm Ferran Latorre from Spain reached the summit of Kangchenjunga. His companions Edurne Pasaban, Juanito Oiarzabal, Asier Izguirre and Alex Chicon summited circa two hours later, at 4:45pm. The Italians Nives Meroi and Romano Benet have...
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