mounteverest.net - 9/28/2009
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image story Basque climbers at 7,200m on Everest's Japanese Couloir, last Friday's night. Image courtesy of Naturgas Basque team Expedizioa (click to enlarge). image story Shisha Pangma - its upper sections wrapped in clouds, yesterday at 2.00pm, local time. Image courtesy of Arnold ...
mounteverest.net - 9/23/2009
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image story Video clip featuring Juan Vallejo at
arrival on Everest's North Col during a preparatory ascent...
earlier this week, courtesy of Naturgas Basque Team Desafioa (click to enlarge). image story Live image over Contact 4.0 of climbers setting ...
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mounteverest.net - 10/1/2009
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image story Shisha Pangma's North side topo, picturing
the normal route across the central summit and along...
the ridge (in red) plus a German variation (in black). Image courtesy of Kinga Baranowska's website (click to enlarge). image story Live image ...
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mounteverest.net - 10/1/2009
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Himalaya wrap-up: Italians for a new route +
ski descent on Shisha's South face, Simone's Cho Oyu...
SW face expedition aborted 01:19 am CDT Sep 30, 2009 (MountEverest.net) Roby Piantoni's team is eyeing a new route on Shisha's South face, while member ...
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Himalaya Fall 2009: More Summits, Death on Cho Oyu
The Adventure Blog —
... has an update on the Basque team on Everest. The team was making a summit bid up the Hornbein Couloir, but are now back in ABC after a very scary night 7200 meters in which they survived no one, but two avalanches. The first hit them while they were in the tent, and buried it. Deciding that discretion was the better part of valor, they elected to head down the mountain, but were hit by a second avalanche that covered them in snow. They ended up spending the night under a rocky outcropping before making a long, slow treacherous descent the next day. No word as of yet if they'll ...
Himalaya Autumn 2009 climbing season wrap-up : More Summits, Death on Cho Oyu.
Himalman's Weblog —
... has an update on the Basque team on Everest. The team was making a summit bid up the Hornbein Couloir, but are now back in ABC after a very scary night 7200 meters in which they survived no one, but two avalanches. The first hit them while they were in the tent, and buried it. Deciding that discretion was the better part of valor, they elected to head down the mountain, but were hit by a second avalanche that covered them in snow. They ended up spending the night under a rocky outcropping before making a long, slow treacherous descent the next day. No word as of yet if ...
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everest1953.co.uk 6/23/2009 — Bookmark This Website On this site you will find lots of very useful information relating to the British on Mount Everest . You will find a detailed record on the history of the expeditions from 1921 up to the present day. There are some amazing facts ...