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THE 2008 ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE/EAST RIDGE EXPEDITION

Located in the central Himalaya region of Nepal, the summit of Annapurna is highly coveted ground. Of the fourteen 8000 meter mountains on earth, none has seen fewer attempts or successful summits as Annapurna. To date, less than 160 people have stood on her summit, compared to 3000+ total Everest summits, and 265 total summits on K2. The venerable Maurice Herzog first successfully climbed the mountain in 1950, four years before Everest's summit was reached, testimony to the difficult nature and elusive reputation of the mountain.
Sunday, 21 December 2008 Apologies from the Web Team
Thursday, 30 October 2008 The Junk Show…
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 2 - Trek to base camp
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 3 - Base Camp Life
Monday, 07 July 2008 Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 5 - An interview with Don Bowie
Monday, 07 July 2008 Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 4 - Progress
Sunday, 06 July 2008 Daniel Baas Documents Recent Annapurna Expedition: Part 1 - Depart Kathmandu
Tuesday, 03 June 2008 Story in The UK's Independent: Into the Death Zone
Monday, 02 June 2008 Challenging Times
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Don and Denis head up towards C4 to meet Ueli who is descending
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Tired and relieved to be off the wall
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Safely in base camp and possibly flying out
Saturday, 24 May 2008 Iñaki Ochoa de Olza's family expresses gratitude
Friday, 23 May 2008 What next?
Friday, 23 May 2008 Iñaki Ochoa - a climbing ace - lost on Annapurna
Friday, 23 May 2008 Three climbers at 6500 - "Denis, Don and...!"
Friday, 23 May 2008 Determined to try for Camp 4
Thursday, 22 May 2008 Don and Denis Urubko are on the mountain
Thursday, 22 May 2008 Swiss climbers reach Horia and Inaki
Thursday, 22 May 2008 Weather gounds Helicopter in Chomrong for 2nd day
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 Both Iñaki and Alexey are alive
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 Don headed to Annapurna base camp
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 A serious situation near Annapurna's Summit demands a response
Friday, 16 May 2008 A well deserved soak
Thursday, 15 May 2008 Here ends my 2008 Annapurna Expedition
Thursday, 15 May 2008 Best wishes (Satellite Phone Dispatch)
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 Sitting Tight At Camp 2 (Satellite Phone Dispatch)
Monday, 12 May 2008 Settling in at Camp 1 (Satellite Phone Dispatch)
Wednesday, 07 May 2008 A Less Than Favorable Window (Dispatch: Don's Support Team)
Friday, 02 May 2008 Pushing the Route Up the Wall
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 Camp 2 and Mustard the Wonder Mutt
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 Phone dispatch
Saturday, 19 April 2008 Finally a break…
Thursday, 17 April 2008 More photos from Dan Stensland
Saturday, 12 April 2008 The approach to Annapurna basecamp
Sunday, 30 March 2008 Annapurna Base Camp
Monday, 17 March 2008 2008 Annapurna / Kangchenjunga Expedition