Thursday, 30 July 2009

K2 Summit push coming soon...

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Photo: K2 seen from Concordia Today a meeting was held at K2 Base Camp with the remaining climbers to plan a coordinated summit attempt on K...
Monday, 27 July 2009

Congratulations to Veikka Gustafsson

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Congratulations to Veikka Gustafsson of Finland who has now climbed all fourteen of the world’s highest peaks over 8,000m without supplemen...

Ghurkas welcome Joanna Lumley to Nepal

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Actress Joanna Lumley arrived to Kathmandu yesterday on her first visit to Nepal after her recent campaign demanding UK settlement rights...
Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Photos of Sherpani Pass linking Makalu BC with the Khumbu

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After my recent expedition to climb Mt Makalu I was hoping to walk out over the Sherpani Pass and into the Khumbu, however after my late su...

Afghan climbers summit Afghanistan's highest mountain Mt Noshaq at 7,492m

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Two mountaineers from Afghanistan , Malang Jan Darya and Amruddin Sanjar, have summitted Mt Noshaq at 7,492m the highest mountain in Afghani...
Thursday, 16 July 2009

Indefinite strike called in Darjeeling

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Photo: View of Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling On July 13th the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha party (GJM) called an indefinite strike in Darjeeling w...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Part 2: Review of gear and equipment used on a recent expedition to an 8,000m peak (Mt Makalu)

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Following my recent expedition to Mt Makalu I thought that it might be useful to review some of the gear and equipment used in order to hel...