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First successful K2 Winter ascent has finally been made!!! At 16:58 local time, Saturday the 16th of January 2021, a team of 10 Nepalese mountaineers made the first successful winter ascent of K2, the second highest …

Garbage and pollution control is the most important subject in today’s world. I have been working in the Himalaya for the last 21 years and have seen and experienced drastic changes in its glaciers and …

Mountains always fascinated me. It is such another world, stretching far above the clouds where heaven and the earth touch. Many religions view mountains as Gods and Goddesses, also as early as in the Greek …

Snow, snow and more snow… What to do? The monsoon kept its low pressure on top of the Dhaulagiri mountain range and dumped snow on our expedition team.  Finally, with forecasts of 81 cm snow …

Update from Saran! Saran called from Camp 1 (5 400m) this morning and has sent me a text message this afternoon.  They are all fine but woke up to a total white out this morning.  I …

Yesterday I got a phone call from Saran! They have reached BC and they are all well.  Putha Hiunhculi Base Camp is very beautiful and Saran said they really enjoyed the sunny grassy meadow. In …

YES! The boys arrived with almost all our gears. So now we are all set. Only 2 more barrels of food to come, but they can catch us up. This morning we are busy loading …

8th Sept 2016 This morning Dorje and his team with all our luggage/ gears were on the flight to Juphal, but the flight had to turn around due to strong winds. So it was a …

7th Sept 2016 It was an exciting and scenic flight to Juphal early in the morning. Anders, Ralph, Mingma and myself were on the flight. Our cook Dorje and his kitchen helpers Bhupal and Pasang, …