149 News found
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.
15/07/2009 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck ascends Gasherbrum II On 9 July Ueli Steck from Switzerland reached the main summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) along the normal route.
24/06/2009 - Climbing
In memory of Michele Fait On 23 June the Italian mountaineer Michele Fait lost his life skiing from Camp 2 on the Cesen route on K2.
02/06/2009 - Events
OutdoorDays 2009: an Outdoor success The OutdoorDays 2009, the open air sports trade fair, took place in Italy's Garda Trentino last weekend. Organised by the Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, the second edition attracted over 1000 participants to the guided activities and more than 10,000 visitors...
18/05/2009 - Alpinism
Denis Urubko, Cho Oyu and all 14 8000m peaks Denis Urubko, with his recent new route up the SE Face of Cho Oyu, has climbed all fourteen 8000m summits.
02/05/2009 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2009, the winners Last Saturday the Piolets d'Or 2009 were assigned in Chamonix and a total of three awards were given in this 17th edition: Kazuya Hiraide and Kei Taniguchi from Japan for their ascent of Kamet (India); Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and...
12/03/2009 - Events
Piolet d'or 2009: the six candidates The 6 nominees for the 17th Piolet d'Or, scheduled for 25 April 2009: Dave Turner (USA) for his solo ascent on the East Face of Cerro Escudo (Torres del Paine, Chile), Simon Anthamatten and Ueli Steck (Switzerland) for their new...
09/02/2009 - Alpinism
Simone Moro and Denis Urubko: Makalu first winter ascent The news is just in: at 14.00 (local time) Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world.
01/12/2008 - Alpinism
Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and the Makalu winter project At the end of December Simone Moro from Italy and Denis Urubko from Kazakhistan will attempt the first winter ascent of Makalu 8463m (Himalaya, Nepal), the fifth highest mountain in the world.
05/08/2008 - Alpinism
Babanov and Afanasiev climb new route on gasherbrum i On 01 August 2008 Valery Babanov and Viktor Afanasiev climbed a new route up the SW Face of gasherbrum i (8068m). The ascent comes in the wake of the Russian climbers new route on Broad Peak (8047m), carried out on...
01/08/2008 - Alpinism
Broad Peak for Nardi, Panzeri and Gustaffson On 31/07 the Italian mountaineers Mario Panzeri and Daniele Nardi and Viekka Gustaffson from Finnland reached the summit of Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world.
21/07/2008 - Alpinism
For Karl Unterkircher Dedicated to his friend Karl Unterkircher, by Ivo Rabanser his companion on climbs and dreams in the Dolomites.
23/07/2007 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum II, Unterkircher and Bernasconi climb virgin North Face On 20/07 the Italians Karl Unterkircher and Daniele Bernasconi reached the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) via the virgin North Face, climbing a beautiful route and resolving one of the most famous problems in the Himalaya.
15/05/2007 - Alpinism
Dhaulagiri: an avalanche buries two Spanish mountaineers The Spanish mountaineers Ricardo Valencia and Santiago Sagaste died beneath an avalanche yesterday as they waited out a storm in the tent at Camp 2 on Dhaulagiri (8167m).
24/01/2007 - Alpinism
Polish Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition abandons attempt The Polish attempt to climb Nanga Parbat in winter led by Krzysztof Wielicki has been called off and the the entire team is safely back in base camp.
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