PARAGLIDING FROM K2

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 22:04

On July 5 ... 50 years old Austrian climber Max Berger accompany with Eduard Ulysses, paragliding down from camp3 of the Broad Peak to the Basecamp, in less than 30 minutes

a few days later, on July 14, they started summit push of K2 from Basecamp
On July 18 they wanted to summit K2 from Camp4 but due to amount of snow they couldn't

So they paragliding down from Shoulder at height of ~8000m to basecamp in just 20 minutes

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Koohgasht" teaser

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 21:52

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The new season of Koohgasht television magazine in the field of "mountain sports" ... Coming Soon from IRIB Varzesh TV

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PROJECT POSSIBLE

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 21:44

According to Himalayan times; This morning Nirmal Purja, who is on his mission to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in just seven months, today successfully climbed Gasherbrum II as his 9th mountain of project

He successfully climbed three peaks – Nanga Parbat (8,126 m), Gasherbrum I (8,080 m) and Gasherbrum II,in just over two weeks...Nanga Parbat on July 3, Gasherbrum I on July 15 and Today’s G-II

On spring 2019 and only in 31 days, He summited 6 of the 8000m peaks ... Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu .
SUMMIT SUCCESS:
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Gasherbrum II – July 18
Gasherbrum I – July 15
Nanga Parbat – July 03
Mt Makalu – May 24
Mt Everest – May 22
Mt Lhotse – May 22
Mt Kanchenjunga – May 15
Mt Dhaulagiri – May 12
Mt Annapurna – April 23

 Nirmal Purja and Mingma David Sherpa at the base camp before heading for G1 and G2 summit

Photo: Mingma David Sherpa

GUINNESS RECORD

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 17:05

Last news of 3x2x8000 project... Sergi Mingote did it and set a Guinness record

This morning on 3:25 am Spanish renowned climber Sergi Mingote with 3x2x8000 project without supplemental oxygen, reached the top of GasherbrumII as last mountain of project

That's his third 8000 peak in 2019 (after Lhotse and Nangaparbat), and six 8000 during the one year and two days
All climbs had been done without oxygen!

On 3x2x8000 project he has ascended
1-Broad Peak (8,047 m)
2- K2 (8,611 m)
3-Manaslu (8,152 m)
4- Lhotse (8,516 m)
5- Nangaparbat
6- Gasherbrum II
!...All without supplemental oxygen

an Iranian climber Saman Nemati

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 17:00

On 18 July 2008, an Iranian climber Saman Nemati missed on Nangaparbat

In that summer ... to find any track of Saman Nemati, an Iranian search team "Ghajer Ghorve" on the way to basecamp, and in last village found destroyed bridge which was the only way of locals such as students and climbers to reach another village and also Nangaparbat Basecamp.

To solve the problem and in memorial of Iranian climber Saman Nemati, The search team desided to cost the construction of the bridge ... and finally they made the bridge called " Saman"

deep snow condition and high avalanche risk above Bottle neck

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منتشر شده در یکشنبه, 06 مرداد 1398 16:52

Last night Sherpas tried to fixed ropes toward summit , but due to deep snow condition and high avalanche risk above Bottle neck (over the 1.4m deep snow) its seems K2 is still not ready this season, finally Sherpa stopped their progress

After twice hits of Avalanche above 8200m it became harder, and risky to conquer above bottle neck

all members and team are in C4 now.
More Discussion and decide further ... Coming soon