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![Hervé Barmasse, David Göttler and their Dhaulagiri winter alpine style attempt](/uploads/img/3/80915.jpg)
20/01/2023 - Interviews
Hervé Barmasse, David Göttler and their dhaulagiri winter alpine style attempt Interview with the mountaineers Hervé Barmasse and David Göttler, currently attempting to climb dhaulagiri (8167 m) in winter and in alpine style.
![Surreal and magical. David Göttler on Everest without supplementary oxygen](/uploads/img/3/76911.jpg)
26/05/2022 - Interviews
Surreal and magical. David Göttler on Everest without supplementary oxygen Interview with German alpinist David Göttler who at 9:45am on 21 May 2022 reached the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen. This is the 43-year-old's sixth 8000er, after Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak, dhaulagiri, Lhotse and Makalu.
![David Göttler summits Everest without supplementary oxygen](/uploads/img/3/76846.jpg)
22/05/2022 - Alpinism
David Göttler summits Everest without supplementary oxygen On 21 May 2022, 43-year-old German alpinist David Göttler reached the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen. This is is sixth 8000er, after Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak, dhaulagiri, Lhotse and Makalu.
![Nirmal Purja and the film 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible](/uploads/img/3/61592.jpg)
07/11/2021 - Alpinism
Nirmal Purja and the film 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible The trailer to 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, the film that documents the attempts of Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.
![Rick Allen perishes on K2](/uploads/img/3/12634.jpg)
27/07/2021 - Alpinism
Rick Allen perishes on K2 68-year-old Scottish mountaineer Rick Allen has lost his life while attempting to establish a new route on K2. In 2012, together with Sandy Allan, he completed the historic first traverse of the interminable Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat.
![Alex Txikon, a Manaslu winter attempt and his mountaineering](/uploads/img/3/70058.jpg)
31/03/2021 - Alpinism
Alex Txikon, a Manaslu winter attempt and his mountaineering Basque mountaineer Alex Txikon recently returned from an attempt to climb Manaslu in winter. An expedition which ended without the hoped-for success but which, once again, teaches us to 'find more important goals than the summit.'
![Farewell to Cala Cimenti and Patrick Negro](/uploads/img/3/59526.jpg)
09/02/2021 - Alpinism
Farewell to Cala Cimenti and Patrick Negro Carlo Alberto Cimenti, best known as Cala, and Patrick Negro perished yesterday in an avalanche while skiing in the mountains of Susa Valley in Italy.
![Missing on K2 Juan Pablo Mohr, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri](/uploads/img/3/69506.jpg)
06/02/2021 - Alpinism
Missing on K2 Juan Pablo Mohr, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri Climbers Juan Pablo Mohr, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and John Snorri are currently missing on K2. The three mountaineers were last seen engaged in their push to reach the summit of the second highest mountain in the world.
![Atanas Skatov dies in a fall on K2](/uploads/img/3/69501.jpg)
05/02/2021 - Alpinism
Atanas Skatov dies in a fall on K2 Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov has died while descending from K2. The 42-year-old was attempting to climb the second highest mountain in the world in winter and had previously climbed 10 eight-thousanders.
![Sergi Mingote perishes on K2](/uploads/img/3/69139.jpg)
16/01/2021 - Alpinism
Sergi Mingote perishes on K2 Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote died earlier today while descending from K2. The Catalan mountaineer was descending from Camp 1 to Advanced Base Camp when he fell to his death.
![K2: Nepalese mountaineers claim historic first winter ascent](/uploads/img/3/69138.jpg)
16/01/2021 - Alpinism
K2: Nepalese mountaineers claim historic first winter ascent Today, Saturday 16 January 2021 at 16:58 local time, a team of 10 Nepalese mountaineers completed the highly coveted first winter ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world and the last 8000er to be climbed in the...
![Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja encounter streamed today at 12](/uploads/img/3/67726.jpg)
08/10/2020 - Alpinism
Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja encounter streamed today at 12 On Thursday 8 October 2020 at 12:00 the encounter between Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja, two of the most famous mountaineers in the world, will be streamed on gazzetta.it and ilfestivaldellosport.it
![Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja meeting for Sports Festival in Italy](/uploads/img/3/67555.jpg)
05/10/2020 - Alpinism
Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja meeting for Sports Festival in Italy On Thursday 8 October the video will be aired documenting the encounter between Reinhold Messner and Nirmal Purja, two of the most famous mountaineers in the world, in the run-up to the Gazzetta dello Sport Festival which take place in...
![Nirmal Purja climbs Shishapagma and completes 14 eight-thousanders in under 7 months](/uploads/img/3/61591.jpg)
29/10/2019 - Alpinism
Nirmal Purja climbs Shishapagma and completes 14 eight-thousanders in under 7 months Earlier today the Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja reached the summit of Shishapagma and, in doing so, completed his ‘Project Possible’ which aimed at climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders in less than seven months. Purja required just six months and six days;...
![Remembering Jerzy Kukuczka, the legendary Polish mountaineer](/uploads/img/3/61518.jpg)
24/10/2019 - Alpinism
Remembering Jerzy Kukuczka, the legendary Polish mountaineer 30 years today: on 24 October 1989, Polish mountaineer Jerzy Kukuczka died while attempting Lhotse. Kukuczka was the second man to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders after Reinhold Messner and an absolute legend of high altitude Himalayan mountaineering.
![Krzysztof Wielicki awarded Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award](/uploads/img/3/59260.jpg)
14/06/2019 - Alpinism
Krzysztof Wielicki awarded Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award In September 2019 the Polish mountaineer Krzysztof Wielicki will receive the Piolets d'Or Carrière 2019. In the past this prize has been awarded to Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott, Robert Paragot, Kurt Diemberger, John Roskelley, Chris Bonington, Wojciech Kurtyka,...
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