As members of the "American 2003 Nuptse Expedition", the two Mountain Guides forged ... Their raw account, published below, highlights the difficulties and rewards of Himalayan climbing, but also ...
In this section, climbers must cross to the far right, over to the base of Nuptse to a narrow passageway known as the Nuptse corner. From here, climbers have a stupendous view of the upper 8,000 ...
Nuptse East, South Face 7804m Nepal Valery Babanov and Yury ... Jannu North Face 7710m Nepal The Russian expedition, headed by Alexander Odintsov, has failed in its attempt to climb the incredible ...
In this section, climbers must cross to the far right, over to the base of Nuptse to a narrow passageway ... when one has reached this point in the climb—one's crampons hit hard rock.
It took troops 55 days to recover the rubbish and bodies from Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse mountains ... For the spring climbing season that ended in May, the government issued permits to 421 ...