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MHW Tents On Top of the World
The nice guys behind the Altitude Junkies, a guide service that specializes in Himalayan expeditions, sent us these photographs from a recent Everest trip. We thought they were quite nice, so we wanted to share them with you. All photographs...
The Abandonment of Gerard McDonnell
By Freddie Wilkinson One month ago, I wrote "Heros in Fine-print", which highlighted the actions of two Sherpas who were involved in rescuing several survivors of the K2 tragedy. In subsequent interviews with them, some new information has come to...
Heros in Fine Print
By Freddie Wilkinson "On the mountain there were no heroes," K2 survivor Cas van de Gevel was recently quoted as saying in Outside Magazine, " just an unspoken agreement that you help as much as you can." Outside and Men's...
Ben Clark on TV
Last week, Telluride, Colorado's Plum TV aired an interview with Ben Clark. On the interview, Ben discusses his recent trip to Annapurnia IV. Watch the interview....
Bittersweet: 2008 Himalaya Season Wrap-Up
By Cynthia Houng This spring, 3 Mountain Hardwear-sponsored teams headed to the Himalayas. Two teams chose to tackle Annapurna (Ueli Steck and Simon Anthmatten went for Annapurna's notoriously treacherous South Face, while Ben Clark and his crew were aiming for...
On Annapurna
View more photographs Original German text by Edi Estermann, first published in the "Schweizer Illustrierte", Issue No. 23, June 2, 2008. Translated by Patricia Bamert, with assistance from Cynthia Houng Big stories begin with small coincidences. A coincidence that...
Annapurna: Coda
By Ueli Steck Ringgenberg, Monday, June 2, 2008 Simon and I are back in Switzerland and we will try in the next days and weeks to get some rest and we hope that we will work up the happenings of...
Team Marie Curie Summits Everest
By Kenton Cool Kathmandu: I hope you know by now team Marie Curie summated Mount Everest at 6.30am Nepalese Time. It was a hard fought summit this time and the only bad news was that Ran wasn't with Rob and...
On the Way Home
On Monday, May 26, 2008, we received this dispatch from Ueli Steck's office in Switzerland: "Ueli and Simon started today their way back to Kathmandu. Both are tired and happy to go back home as soon as possible. After this...
The Way Home
By Ben Clark May 27, 2008, Hong Kong: We have arrived at the trail's end and are on the road home. The morning of 5/23 we boarded a plane in Jomosom, a tiny Nepali airstrip located between the Annapurna and...
Manang
By Ben Clark May 20, 2008, Manang: Warm Tuborg beer from a dusty brown bottle flowed through my lips while the howling winds of the Marsyangdi valley pelted the windows with sand and dust. I sat there shivering in the...
Green Light on Everest
View More Photographs from Everest By Kenton Cool ITS ON!!!!!!! We have just got the latest weather in 10minutes ago. Finally after an age of waiting the weather forecast looks like its good for the 24th. This means we...
Solid Ground: Descending Annapurna IV
By Ben Clark May 18, 2008 Tossing and turning throughout the night, my eyes scoured tiny visions of darkness through the slit between my fleece hat and draft collar on my sleeping bag. Where was morning? A frozen water bottle...
Back at Base Camp
Annapurna base camp, Friday, May 16 2008 We are back at the base camp. Simon and I decided to go back. The avalanches came down already at 9 pm. The weather and the wall conditions made it impossible to climb...
Up or Down?
By Ben Clark May 16, 2008 -- Camp 3, Annapurna IV Well, the time is here...up or down? It is an easy decision. We worked the weather window and conditions and now that is what is working us. We get...
Arrival at Camp 3
By Ben Clark May 15, 2008--Camp 3, Annapurna IV We arrived in camp 3 today at 3 PM. We are now in the high Himalaya at 20,000' and as wide eyed and ready as ever. For what? Everything a mountain...
Culinary Delights and Upcoming Plans
By Ueli Steck Tuesday, May 13, 2008 It's a good week since Simon and I arrived at the Annapurna base camp. On Thursday, May 8, we went up to install the ABC at about 5100m. We left the necessary equipment...
Safe at Intermediate Camp
By Ben Clark May 14, 2008, intermediate camp Today was hard. Short, pumpy and physical. The snow and weather is deteriorating on Annapurna IV's north ridge--and we are in the middle of it--but safe. Josh and I climbed out of...
Carrots and Sticks
By Ben Clark May 13, 2008 Himalayan climbing is challenging, pioneering in this great range is an even more daunting proposition. The mountain has spoken to us, it is all around us, it is inside of us as we melt...
On the way to Annapurna Base Camp
More photographs By Ueli Steck Pokhara, Thursday, May 1, 2008 With a beer Simon and I celebrated out first ascent of Tengkampoche Northface when we got back the same night of April 24, to Tengkampoche basecamp. For more, we...