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Alex Txikon & team aborted their summit push at approx 6800mt and they are on the way back to BC, currently at C1.![]()
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As predicted by meteorologist Karl Gabl, the window of relative good weather was too short , and Simone Moro didn't participate at this last bid.![]()
Permit is until end of February, so it's likely that Expedition is over.![]()
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(ph Manaslu, wiki)![]()
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A great write up by Mingma Gyalie Sherpa , the most detailed report on the 1st K2 Winter climb published on The Outdoor Journal .![]()
Sherpa's bond and spirit , kindness and respect truly exposed here.![]()
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"[..]The next morning on December 31st, we all descended back to base camp and Nims invited us to join the New year’s Eve party at his camp. After our dinner, we were heading to their camp which was almost 10 minutes walk from our camp, where we met two Sherpas who were sent by Nims to invite us because Nims was expecting us at his camp by evening but we were not there. It gave me a kind of warm feeling. We started the party beginning with a bottle of whiskey which continued until 3 am. We had emptied several bottles of whiskey, rum, and vodka, and the hangover we had the next day was awful. The party that night created an environment to know each other and also it created a very good bonding between my team and Nims’s team. [..]"![]()
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👉Instagram: link at the full interview in bio![]()
👉 Facebook: www.outdoorjournal.com/featured/when-we-unite-nothing-is-impossible-my-story-on-k2/![]()
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(ph Mingma Gyalie Sherpa and his team, K2 Base Camp)![]()
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Polish expedition to Laila Peak is on the run!![]()
Janusz Gołąb, BartekZiemski, MarcoSzwidergall -![]()
after having established C1 the team is planning a summit push today and tomorrow February 19th.![]()
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The only winter ascent of the iconic and technical peak so far, was done by Alex Txikon and Jose Manuel Fernandez exactly 8 years ago, on this day.![]()
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“Wild, extreme, hard, endless, conducted in more than adverse climatic conditions”. The pair stopped about 10 meters below the actual summit for safety reasons: powdery snow and too high the risk of corniche collapse.![]()
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(ph Laila Peak - by Polish team)![]()
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the Great Italian climber Franco Perlotto and the concept of solo..![]()
An incredible series of astounding walls and routes
Italy , Sicily / Etna volcano 🌋 got angry today![]()
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(ph Etna by ISS, other pics today took by locals)![]()
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excellent read and fantastic interview to Sean.![]()
Mind blowing !![]()
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"I would have kept going if there was more," Villanueva O'Driscoll told Rock and Ice about his first ascent of The Moonwalk, aka the Reverse Fitz Traverse.
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll Patagonian masterpiece:![]()
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"the moonwalk traverse"![]()
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(ph and beautiful topo by Rolando Garibotti pataclimb.com)
Alex Txikon and team arrived at 6500mt on Manaslu; the progression is slower due to lot of snow ![]()
Simone Moro climbed from BC when he reached Inaki Alvarez who lost one crampon : Moro gave him his crampons and now he's going back to BC to take another pair .![]()
it seems that weather window is closing soon, so we'll see how high they could reach on the mountain.![]()
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(ph Alex Txikon profile ,took from BC with Tele lens : 1st pic team near 6500 )![]()
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