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Persistent Snow – Plans to Depart For the Summit Push Today Goes On Hold
Nanga Parbat Base Camp 4230m, -14C, persistent snow. Yesterday morning and especially yesterday evening the two calls to Karl Gabl left little doubts that the weather would get worse. We were hoping to...
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Moro & Urubko kick off the Summit Push Today But Stop Due to Avalanche Risks
This epic journey started over one month ago. For the last 11 days the boys have waited at base camp for a favourable weather window to kick off the summit push. The last few days have seen a lot of...
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Anxiety Increases at Basecamp Over Prolonged Bad Weather Conditions
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, -16°C, still snowing The weather is still very bad, the boys are still at basecamp and the prolonged bad weather condition is creating a lot of anxiety to make a move or not...
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Moro & Urubko Retrace Tracks as Acclimatization Tracks Are Now Covered by...
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, 4230mt above sea level, -17°C The persistent snow conditions have left the boys faced with a potential complete restart of the whole process as all the tracks they have made in...
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Day 37 at Basecamp – Weather Evaluations Continue
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, 4230mt above sea level, sun and sky, -1°C in the sun. Today is perfect for spontaneous avalanches, this morning a big one came down already from Nanga Parbat. We spoke via radio...
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Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition – Video Dispatch 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHL71YRE17w In this video dispatch, The North Face Alpinists; Simone Moro and Denis Urubko face bad weather conditions that stalls the planned summit push. The conditions...
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Message to Our Fans and Followers
Nanga parrbat Base Camp, -2C, cloudy, ready to snow. Simone and Denis have been at base camp for over one month in harsh weather conditions, with the bid of getting the right weather window to attempt...
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The Expedition is Stopped – The Team is Coming Back Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvItwxNWS-8 Having received news of further heavy snow in the coming week from Innsbruck-based meteorologist Karl Gabl, alpinists Simone Moro (ITA) and Denis Urubko (KAZ)...
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Nanga in Winter: The Beginning of the Journey
It’s been all so fast. We left Milan Malpensa airport on the afternoon of December 27, and after only three and a half days we were at the Nanga Parbat base camp—but you know this already. Here is the...
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Nanga In Winter: Dealing with Weather & Technology in A Winter Expedition
We’ve been stuck at the base camp for a couple of days. After an acclimatization climb up to C1 at 5,100 m (about 16,700 ft), we descended back to the base camp on Tuesday. Then the weather changed....
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Nanga In Winter: Teaming up To Reach Camp 2 at 6000m
After the first days spent among acclimatization climbs, laughter at base camp and silent glacier hikes, after all the preparation and organization to get here, after stepping in each other’s tracks...
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Nanga in Winter: Looking Back on the Journey to camp 2 at 6,000m (19,000ft)
The third week of our expedition is over. Here’s what happened in the last few days Simone and David ventured up nearly to C2 at 6,000 m (19,700 ft). On the way there, they slept a couple of nights at...
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Nanga in Winter: The Expedition so far, in the words of David Goettler
We are above all and still so fare away from the summit. That is what i know and realize on that day. High above our lovely basecamp, which is on a frozen and with snow covered meadow almost 3000m...
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Nanga in Winter: The Expedition so far in the words of Simone Moro
“The route conditions are peculiar: there’s only ice in the higher stretch, and not much snow on the mixed route. The Polish guys also said that it’s way different from last year; it’s much more...
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Nanga In Winter: 3 Reasons why we have to wait patiently at basecamp
On January 31 we spent a quiet day at base camp. The weather was snowy and foggy, and the Nanga peak was wrapped in cloud. Simone and David took a rest after the hard work of the previous days: they...
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Nanga in Winter: The First Summit Attempt, Why We Turned Back
The first summit attempt has failed, so we’re back at base camp again, and we have to start over from scratch. There definitely will be more attempts in the next days. On such huge mountains, a vain...
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Nanga in Winter: Why We Had To End The Expedition at 7,200 m (23,622 ft)
Our expedition is over. The Nanga summit remains only a desire for now. David realized it would be too dangerous on Saturday morning, March 1, at 7,200 m (23,622 ft). He had reached the top of the...
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David Göttler: Freunde von Freunden Interview
David Göttler: Mountaineer & Guide, Home & Surroundings, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Sitting in the warm sun on the patio of a small lodge, with Mont Blanc almost in arm’s reach, we discussed his past...
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Matterhorn’s 150th Anniversary: 10 Questions for a Leading Mountaineer
July 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn– the renowned mountain in the Alps straddling the border between Italy and Switzerland which has captured imaginations of...
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Matterhorn Obsession
For the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, mountaineer and alpinist, Hervé Barmasse, decided to show his appreciation, dedication and passion for this iconic peak with a short...
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