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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:12 am


Yep, that's GII winter summiteers descending in the storm - stop for the night in C1 :!:

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:14 am

Karrar are there any summit pics :?:

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by TimB » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:48 pm



Wow.
That really is incredible!
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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:33 am

Ottomila d'inverno: il record di Simone Moro: http://tv.repubblica.it/copertina/ottom ... 1196?video (video with sound)

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:38 am

Alex Txikon has left the Hidden Peak BC: http://alextxikon.blogspot.com/

Winter Gasherbrums update: GII summiteers back in BC, GI team at work on a new route -> http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=19934

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:45 am

Diego Sahagún wrote:http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Alpinismo/02-02-2011/moro-vetta-gasherburm-ii-809259217.shtml (with an interview in Italian).

Simone Moro “No pienso que haya un ochomil más peligroso en invierno que el Gasherbrum 2” -> http://desnivel.com/expediciones/simone ... a-en-el-g2 (the quoted interview in Spanish)

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Luc » Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:21 pm

My buddy Louis cooks fixed the GII summit party!
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Third from the left,

the ABC (Austrian Basque Canadian) expedition reached G1's BaseCamp on February 1st.

Some exclusive content from the ABC expedition to Hidden Peak's South Face on http://kurv.tv/.
Louis site: http://www.louisrousseau.com/

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Luc » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:48 pm

February 10, 2011
Setting up a new route on an 8000m, in winter.
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http://kurv.tv/2011/02/10/louverture-dune-nouvelle-voie-sur-un-8000m/

February 14, 2011
short videos at ABC's Basecamp
http://kurv.tv/2011/02/14/video-de-louis-rousseau-camp-de-base/

5800m, gear cached at 5600m, time to head down for a bit of a rest
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http://kurv.tv/2011/02/14/3-semaines-et-5-800-metres-plus-loin/

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Corax » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:23 am

Thanks for all this Luc. It's very interesting to follow it and I really keep my fingers crossed.
Louis was here in Argentina acclimatizing a bit not long ago :)
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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:41 pm

Interview to Alex Txicon in Spanish: http://www.himalayistas.com/expedicione ... rnal-al-g1

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:48 pm

Karakoram teams back up on GI and BP, Christine back to winter Denali: http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=19948

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Diego Sahagún » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:50 pm

Alex Txicon llega al campo I (6300 m) en el Hidden Peak: http://blogs.elcorreo.com/basabide/2011 ... idden-peak

His blog can be translated to many languages including English

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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

by Luc » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:36 pm

over 1000m in 12hrs, 70 degree slope of ice and rotten rock, all in winter, wow :D

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