Keyword: Seven Summit Treks
High-altitude climber Luis Stitzinger dies on Kangchenjunga
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The German extreme mountaineer and mountain guide Luis Stitzinger has had an accident on Kangchenjunga. The 54-year-old had reached the summit of the third highest mountain in the world last Thursday afternoon and sent a last radio message around 21 p.m. - he has been missing since then.
World record: Harila climbs all 8000m peaks in 370 days
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Kristin Harila has climbed her 14th eight-thousander with Cho Oyu in Tibet. With a time of one year and five days, the Norwegian is currently the fastest woman on the highest mountains in the world. Depending on the interpretation, she even beats record holder Nirmal Purja.
Kristin Harila plans historic record: 14×8000 in one year without bottled oxygen
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Last year she came close to beating Nirmal Purja's 14x8000 record time. Now Kristin Harila wants to try again - and she goes one better: The Norwegian not only wants to climb all 14 eight-thousanders in the world within a year, she also wants to do it without artificial oxygen.
Trend reversal at K2: large commercial teams on the mountain for the first time
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demanding and dangerous to be approached on a large scale by commercial providers. That seems to be changing now.
K2 committed in winter for the first time: Sherpa team makes alpine history
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After numerous unsuccessful attempts, K2 was first committed in winter. A pure Sherpa team managed this.
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