Though it’s a bit shorter than Everest, the mountain known as K2 is far more deadly: Its 25 percent death-to-summit ratio (what kind of lunatic “sport” requires the invention of such terms?) makes it ...
Way back in 2007, filmmaker Dave Ohlson was in Namche Bazaar talking to climber Fabrizzio Zangrilli about Luigi Amedeo di Savoia's 1909 expedition to K2. Savoia, better known as the Duke of Abruzzi, ...
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A 24-year-old climber from Hermosa Beach who survived a deadly episode on K2 last year is in the Nepalese Himalaya, attempting a solo ascent of the eighth-highest mountain in the world. Nicholas Rice ...
the Catalan expedition and the first repeat of the magic line on K2, Himalaya. They too were there at Base Camp this year, and they didn't really care about the summit. Or rather, they weren't there ...
Most documentaries about the intersection of the natural world (the jungle; the sea) and man’s attempts to prove himself against that world become philosophical musings on humanity, spirituality, and ...
A 24-year-old alpinist who grew up in Hermosa Beach was more than 18,000 feet high today on Shishapangma, the world’s 14th-tallest mountain, in the Tibetan Himalayas. “We’re waiting in advanced base ...
According to Da Dendi Sherpa, Managing Director at Glacier Himalaya Treks & Expeditions, Nanu Maya Gurung from Gorkha stood atop K2 on July 28 at around 10:00 am local time. Gurung aims to complete ...
K2: SIREN OF THE HIMALAYAS is a 75-minute FEATURE DOCUMENTARY showing the adventure, peril and serenity of a group’s attempt to climb the world’s most challenging peak. Featured are world-class ...