Denis Urubko

Denis Urubko

In 2009, Kazakh Denis Urubko became the 15th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders. Today he has 19 main 8000ers summited. In 2002/2003 Piotr Morawski and Denis Urubko set up Camp IV at 7650 metres, so far the highest point ever reached in winter on K2. On 9 February 2009, Denis Urubko and Simone Moro made the first winter ascent of Makalu along the normal route. On 2 February 2011, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards made the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II along the normal route.
dmiki
on Feb 7, 2011 8:07 am
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing,  Informational
Image ID: 696998

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