First Aid Certification.

Author of post :  Blake Herrington. Last summer I joined my friend Sol Wertkin on a new route in Central Cascades of Washington State. I wrote an article about our trip, and it was just published in the Washington-based outdoorsy magazine, Adventures Northwest.If you are in the area, you can get a copy of this [...]

Tragedy on K2, 2009 climbing season.

Breaking news: Italian skier Michele Fait lost on K2. Jun 24, 2009 (K2Climb.net/Madrid) Italian Michele Fait fell to his death yesterday while skiing down from K2′s C2 on the SSE spur. Together with mate Fredrik Ericsson, Fait was on his second partial descent down K2′s slopes, when suddenly fell, witnesses in BC reported. The news [...]

Polish Silver Broad Peak Expedition 2009 – relacje z wyprawy cz.2.

Polish Silver Broad Peak Expedition 2009. Jubileuszowa wyprawa Ryszarda Pawłowskiego. Cel: Celem wyprawy jest wspinaczka na Broad Peak (8047m) – w 25 rocznicę zdobycia tego szczytu przez Ryszarda Pawłowskiego. Termin realizacji : Wyprawa startuje z kilkudniowym opóźnieniem (miała się rozpocząć 5 czerwca). a  rozpocznie się 12.06.2009 i potrwa do 01.08.2009 Opis wyprawy: Wejście na szczyt [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /23/ – Week in Review.

Bad weather has been punishing climbers in Baltoro valley. Nanga images show serious avalanches on the peak and conditions on K2 are even worse than on Broad Peak according to the French climbers, currently on yet another summit push. Last week ExWeb ran a number of interviews and climbers paid tributes to lost friends. Only [...]