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Nanga Parbat – Bodies found
After no contact for 14 days plus hundreds of hours of searching by telescope, on foot, from helicopter and drone, the official search ended today for Italian Daniel Nardi, 42, and British Tom Ballard, 31, on...

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On This Day… – March 9th

Born on this day: 09.03.1971, Sergi Mingote, is a Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Everest twice (2001 and 2003) and Broad Peak and...

Full "On This Day… – March 9th" https://t.co/H17N4LmhYD

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On This Day… – March 4th

Born on this day: 04.03.1970, Conan Tundra Bliss, is an American climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2018).

Full "On This Day… – March 4th" https://t.co/AQdXTgR5EV
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On This Day… – March 3rd

Gone on this day: 03.03.2012, Maria (Masha) Khitrikova, was a Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2011, died on Elbrus, aged 21.

Full "On This Day… – March 3rd" https://t.co/MFZYMySx3J

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On This Day… – March 2nd

Born on this day: 02.03.1928, Guido Monzino, was a Italian pioneer, who led the first successful expedition to Paine Grande in 1957. He also travelled to the North Pole in 1971 and led...

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On This Day… – March 1st

Born on this day: 01.03.2000, Manisha Dharma Dhurve, is a Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.

Full "On This Day… – March 1st" https://t.co/hXdfbKxxwv
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Born on this day: 28.02.1958, Ginette Harrison, was a British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1993, Cho Oyu in 1997, Kangchenjunga (first female ascent) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in...

Full "On This Day… – February 28th" https://t.co/leYC0O4ChI

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On This Day… – February 27th

Born on this day: 27.02.1987, Kalden Phura, is a Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016).

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On This Day… – February 26th

Born on this day: 26.02.1900, Fritz Wiessner, was a German born pioneer, who led the American expedition to K2 in 1939 and, with Pasang Lama, reached ca. 8382 m without bottled oxygen...

Full "On This Day… – February 26th" https://t.co/m0eUI2Lxrm

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On This Day… – February 25th

Born on this day: 25.02.1976,@AdrianBallinger is a British climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2009, twice in 2010, twice in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2018) and Manaslu three times...

Full "On This Day… – February 25th" https://t.co/VgwVixheoP

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Free Solo won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature!
Congrats to @AlexHonnold and the entire team!

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Expeditions Updates – 2018/2019 Winter Climbs

Hopes for February K2 summits have dimmed as high winds returned to K2 forcing the teams to return to Base Camp. Same on Nanga.

Full update:https://t.co/wF4jnJVDNz

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On This Day… – February 24th

Born on this day: 24.02.1959, Ellen Miller, is an American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000, Everest twice (2001 and 2002), Lhotse in 2009 and Manaslu in 2010.

Full "On This Day… – February 24th" https://t.co/32cGXaFPAW

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Expeditions Updates – 2018/2019 Winter Climbs

High winds kept both teams quiet on K2 this week but have now let up and they are planning aggressively to push for the summit. Both teams are scattered over the lower camps. Over on Nanga...

Full update https://t.co/8Y5od7U5CF

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On This Day… – February 23rd

Born on this day: 23.02.1960, Rosa María Fernández, is a Spanish Asturian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997, Makalu in 2004, Everest in 2005, Lhotse in 2008 and...

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On This Day… – February 22th

Born on this day: 22.02.1917, Guido Magnone, was a French pioneer, who participated in the first ascents of Fitz Roy in 1952 and Makalu in 1955. Among many other achievements he also...

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News – China closes its Everest Base Camp to tourists

Authorities have resorted to the unusual move to deal with the mounting waste problem at the site.
The ban means tourists can only go as far as a monastery slightly below the 5,200m...

Full article: https://t.co/amTg3a4PXD

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On This Day – February 21th

Born on this day: 21.02.1908, Hans Ertl, was a German pioneer, who made the first ascent of Sia Kangri (7422 m) together with Albert Höcht in 1934 (the expedition leader was Günter Oskar...

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On This Day… – February 20th

Born on this day: 20.02.1953 Vasili Yelagin, is a Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in April 1989 and three weeks later again by traversing the South-, Central-, Main- and...

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Expeditions Updates – 2018/2019 Winter Climbs

As predicted, high winds are hitting K2 Base Camp and everyone is holding tight for the storm to pass. Apparently the high winds will persist through Friday so this will be a quiet week.

Full update: https://t.co/jhBr9FLvlz