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Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

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

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

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:14 am
by Diego Sahagún
Karrar are there any summit pics :?:

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:48 pm
by TimB


Wow.
That really is incredible!
8)

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:33 am
by Diego Sahagún
Ottomila d'inverno: il record di Simone Moro: http://tv.repubblica.it/copertina/ottom ... 1196?video (video with sound)

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:36 am
by Diego Sahagún

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

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

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

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

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:21 pm
by Luc
My buddy Louis cooks fixed the GII summit party!
Image
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/

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:48 pm
by Luc
February 10, 2011
Setting up a new route on an 8000m, in winter.
Image
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
Image
http://kurv.tv/2011/02/14/3-semaines-et-5-800-metres-plus-loin/

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:23 pm
by Luc

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:23 am
by Corax
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 :)

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:41 pm
by Diego Sahagún
Interview to Alex Txicon in Spanish: http://www.himalayistas.com/expedicione ... rnal-al-g1

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:48 pm
by Diego Sahagún
Karakoram teams back up on GI and BP, Christine back to winter Denali: http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=19948

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

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

Re: Karakorum wrap-ups

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:36 pm
by Luc
over 1000m in 12hrs, 70 degree slope of ice and rotten rock, all in winter, wow :D