10 high-altitude mountaineering lookalikes

February 17, 2021 Humour 8000m peaks, doug scott, ed viesturs, hermann buhl, krzysztof wielicki, mingma gyalje sherpa, nirmal purja, phil crampton, reinhold messner, ueli steck 14 Comments

I know some people found my previous post a bit heavy. So to cheer everyone up at the end of a dark season in difficult times, and to prove that this isn’t just another serious climbing blog, here’s something a little more light-hearted.

South Peak: my attempt on Lhotse

March 26, 2014 Expedition dispatches 8000m peaks, altitude junkies, chance, everest, everest base camp, first ascents, himalayas, ian cartwright, island peak, jerzy kukuczka, krzysztof wielicki, lhotse, media sensationalism, mera peak, nepal, phil crampton, reinhold messner, ricardo cassin, tibet, tomo cesen 8 Comments

Good times are approaching again. On Sunday I leave for Nepal for my fifth 8000m peak expedition, and it’s fair to say I’m just a teeny bit excited. My objective this time is 8516m Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world and the one next to Everest, as I’ve been telling everyone who has asked.

The first winter ascent of Broad Peak – a tribute

October 25, 2013 Reviews and tributes 8000m peaks, broad peak, climbing fatalities, first ascents, karakoram, krzysztof wielicki, mountain films, pakistan 5 Comments

Poland has produced some of the world’s toughest and bravest mountaineers, none more so than Krzysztof Wielicki, who earlier this year led a team of his fellow countrymen to attempt the first winter ascent of Broad Peak in Pakistan. A gripping film about the climb has recently been published on Vimeo.