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| Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 5 - An interview with Don Bowie by The Web Team | |
BROAD PEAK WINTER 2008
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| THE GEOGRAPHY: Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif on the border of Pakistan-China. It is located about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from K2. Broad Peak was originally named K3 right after the naming of K2 but on closer inspection by a later party, it was discovered that the summit was over 1½ kilometers (1 mile) long, thus "Broad Peak". THE HISTORY: In spite of several attempts, none of Pakistan’s 8000ers have been summited in winter. On Broad Peak in Particular, Italian Simone Moro and Pakistani climbers Shaheen Baig and Qudrat Ali have been rejected by loads of snow, bitter cold and bad conditions for the past two years. | ||||
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| Dr. Robert Szymczak has been in expeditions to Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Pakistan. He is a medical doctor specializing in high altitude medicine. He is also a member of the International Society for Mountain Medicine. More... | 2008 marks Don Bowie's 4th season climbing in the Himalayas, with previous expeditions to Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, K2, and the South Face/East Ridge of Annapurna in 2006 and 2008. More... | Artur Hajzer has summited five eight-thousanders: three of them via new routes. He also achieved the first winter climb on Annapurna. More... | ||
Category >> Annapurna 2008
| Untagged | 7 Jul 2008 11:44 PM |
| Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 4 - Progress by The Web Team | |
| video, annapurna | 6 Jul 2008 2:00 AM |
| Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 1 - Depart Kathmandu by The Web Team | |
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| Story in The UK's Independent: Into the Death Zone by The Web Team | |
This story ran a few days ago in the British newspaper, The Independent.
Jonathan Brown describes the effort of 17 climbers to rescue
Inaki Ochoa, and suggests the attempt "has redeemed a sport once known for its selfishness". In the article, Sir Chris Bonington is quoted: "This was the community of mountaineers – the world's serious climbers – who have a terrific common spirit ... everyone did everything in their power to help and this is something we would like to see everywhere."
