The ongoing saga of Denis Urubko's planned expedition to K2 took another strange turn today with the news that the entire expedition has been cancelled. Yesterday, Urubko and his teammates, which included Alam Bielecki of [...]
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Winter Climbs 2014-2015: No K2 Expedition This Season After All
Posted by Unknown on Friday, December 26, 2014
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Winter Climbs 2014-2015: The Season is Underway!
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, December 23, 2014
This past weekend officially marked the first day of winter here in the northern hemisphere, which means it is time for the winter climbing teams to start their expeditions as well. While some are waiting until after the [...]
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Winter Climbs 2014-2015: K2 Permit Issues Resolved, Three Teams Head to Nanga Parbat
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 18, 2014
With the winter climbing season now just a few days away from officially beginning, things are really starting to get interesting. It now appears that we will have a team on K2 after all, and no less than three squads are [...]
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Winter Climbs 2014-2015: Chinese Deny Urubko and Company Climbing Permit for K2
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The winter climbing season is set to officially get underway in just a few days, and as I write this, the teams that are planning major expeditions this year are busy putting the finishing touches on their plans. But one [...]
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Winter Climbs 2014: Denis Urubko Talks K2 in Winter Prior to Departure to China
Posted by Unknown on Friday, December 12, 2014
In just a couple of short weeks the 2014-2015 winter climbing season will get underway in the Himalaya, Karakoram, and beyond. This year, we know that there will be teams on both Nanga Parbat and K2, as climbers attempt [...]
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Winter Climbs 2014: And So It Begins...
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The official start of the 2014-2015 winter climbing season is still a couple of weeks away, but teams heading to the big mountains are deep in preparation for their expeditions. Most will depart for Pakistan and China in [...]
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ExWeb Interviews Denis Urubko on Winter K2 Climb
Posted by Unknown on Monday, December 1, 2014
Last week, Explorers Web posted an interesting interview with Denis Urubko, one of the climbers heading to K2 to attempt a winter ascent of that mountain. As you probably already know, K2 and Nanga Parbat are the only 8000 [...]
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Winter Mountaineering 2014: K2 and Nanga Parbat Take Center Stage
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, November 20, 2014
Earlier this week we turned out the light on the 2014 fall Himalayan climbing season by wrapping up the last couple of expeditions that were still ongoing. Now, there will be a bit of a respite on the big mountains, while [...]
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Video: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Express
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The Trans-Siberian Railway is one of the most classic train journeys in the entire world, covering 9289 km (5771 miles) between Moscow and far-eastern Russia, with branches reaching all the way to Beijing. The video below charts filmmaker Stanislas Giroux's [...]
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Video: Guilin and Yangshuo in China Captured by Drone
Posted by Unknown on Friday, October 17, 2014
This video is brought to us by filmmaker Patrice Gaucher, who took his DJI Phantom drone with him to Guilin and Yangshuo, two UNESCO World Heritage sites located in China. As usual, the ariel photography captured by the drone is pretty spectacular, offering [...]
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Largest Cave Chamber in the World Discovered in China
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
A team of cave explorers funded by the National Geographic Society has located the largest underground chamber in the world in a remote cave system in China. The group of spelunkers traveled to that country last year to [...]
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Video: Himalayan Adventure from Delhi to Beijing
Posted by Unknown on Monday, September 29, 2014
Ever wanted to take a road-trip through the Himalaya starting in Delhi and ending in Beijing? Then this video was made for you. It is a four-minute travelogue through India, Nepal, Tibet and China, that features sweeping landscapes, amazing cultural [...]
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