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Tomaz Humar found dead on Langtang Lirung
14/11/2009 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar found dead on Langtang Lirung
This morning at 05.25 European time the dead body of Slovenian alpinist Tomasz Humar was recovered from 5600m on the South Face of Langtang Lirung (7230m, Nepal) by a helicopter with a rescue team comprised of Swissmen Robert Andenmatten and Simon Anthmatten (Air Zermatt) and the Italians Oskar Piazza and...
Marco Confortola descending to Base Camp
05/08/2008 - Alpinism
Marco Confortola descending to Base Camp
Marco Confortola has descended from Camp 1 together with George Dijmarescu, the American mountaineer who together with two high altitude porters climbed up to join him. He is expected soon in Base Camp, while details about the turn of events which marked the last 4 days on K2 begin to...
Nanga Parbat: Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer safe in Base Camp
24/07/2008 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat: Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer safe in Base Camp
24/07/2007. After 10 days on Nanga Parbat, Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer managed to descend to 5700m from where they were picked up by a helicopter and safely flown to Base Camp. The odyssey which began on 15 July with the death of their climbing partner and leader Karl Unterkircher...

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