Himalaya Autumn 2009 climbing season wrap-up : More Summits, Death on Cho Oyu.

It was another busy weekend in the Himalaya with successful summits, changes in the weather, and the sad news of a death on Cho Oyu. I’ll start there today, as the news broke over the weekend that Clifton Maloney, the husband of U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, died on Cho Oyu after achieving a successful summit. [...]

Shisha Pangma Expedition 2009 – wyprawa Kingi Baranowskiej cz.6.

Kinga Baranowska – Shisha Pangma 2009. Na początku września Kinga Baranowska wyruszyła w Himalaje, na jej drugi w tym roku, a tym samym jej siódmy ośmiotysięcznik. Celem wyprawy Kingi jest wspinaczka na szczyt Shisha Pangma 8027 m n.p.m w Tybecie, najniższy (czternasty) z ośmiotysięczników. Termin realizacji : Wspinaczka planowana jest od 6 września do około [...]

Himalaya 2009 climbing season, Karakoram and Himalaya wrap-up /33/ – Week in Review.

A jammed week ended in a nailbiting weekend and it’s not over yet. China closed Tibet and climbers are refused entry. Those already there went out on a summit push sparked by a weather window forecast. The Everest Hornbein trio narrowly escaped a double-avalanche, Satopanth climbers had an earthquake, Korean Kim Jae-soo was hit by [...]

Himalaya Autumn 2009 climbing season wrap-up : Basques survive two avalanches on Everest, Manaslu summits, news expected from Shisha.

(MountEverest.net/Madrid) “The weather window suddenly shut up,” the Basque team reported, happy to be alive and back in BC: fresh snow falling on Saturday eventually triggered two avalanches that nearly swept them off Everest’s Japanese Couloir. Some Altitude Junkies team members have summited Manaslu, while news is expected from a number of other climbers also [...]