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Nanga Parbat drama -- Fears for Tomek Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol
http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2018/01 ... ch-rescue/

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Elizabeth Hawley, a leading chronicler of expeditions on Himalayan peaks in Nepal, died on Friday at a private hospital in Kathmandu, her doctor said. She was 94.

Born in the United States, former journalist Hawley had lived alone in Nepal since 1960 and had become an unofficial arbiter of climbing-related disputes.

Over the years, she became a highly-respected chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation, which is home to eight of ...

Hello fellow climbers,
I will be visiting Peru in June with intentions of climbing Alpamayo and a few other peaks. We are trying to organize the trip by ourselves to save on costs.
Please Can anyone point us on the right direction in terms of:
1) other than Laguna Churup, what other day hikes can we do to acclimatize ?
2) Is it easy and where do we rent donkeys and porters for the trip? ...

An Austrian climber, Markus Schett (41), died while attempting to climb Mt Lobuche East (6,119 m) alone in the Mt Everest region recently, according to the expedition organiser.

Himalayan Times

Here you go:

Polish Climbing Team Attempts First K2 Winter Ascent
https://gearjunkie.com/polish-team-attempts-k2-winter

Polish K2 winter expedition: A matter of honor
http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/pol ... -of-honor/

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A journalistic masterpeice from the New York Times.

Fair warning, this is going to take a good hour or two to read all the way through.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/18/sports/everest-deaths.html

http://www.startribune.com/climber-dies-others-rescued-on-mexico-s-highest-peak/460121343/

For those of you on Facebook, fellow Sierra Club member/leader Dan Richter has posted that R.J. Secor died on Oct. 26. No other news beyond the FB posting at this point. :(

http://mongolia.gogo.mn/r/160483 :cry:

Does anyone know where they were from :?:

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... egend.html