Trek du Nanga Parbat © Laurent Boiveau
20 July 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
Nanga Parbat, ‘the killer mountain’. Between Mummery's first attempt in 1895 and Hermann Buhl's first ascent in 1953, 30 people lost their lives on its slopes. A sad record. Unlike most of the 8,000, there is no obvious route to the summit. We take you back to those tragic moments in the history of Himalayan climbing.
L'expédition au Karakoram de 1954
21 June 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
Ever since the first climbers set eyes on the towering summit of K2, the mountain has fascinated. Firstly by its shape, an almost perfect pyramid, two Matterhorns piled one on top of the other. Then for its difficulties: verticality reigns supreme. Only the best can aspire to its ascent. Here's a selection of some of the bravest climbs.
Le plateau supérieur du Broad Peak. Au centre, le Windy Gap, à droite le sommet © Fritz Wintersteller
25 May 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
By the end of 1956, ten of the fourteen 8,000+ summits had been climbed by himalayists. Three had succumbed to the brilliance of Austrian mountaineers. Forerunners of the alpine-style expeditions to come, four Austrian mountaineers, including Hermann Buhl, achieved a feat that went almost unnoticed at the time. Without a base camp, without high-altitude Sherpas, without oxygen, they offered themselves a fine piece of bravery. A look back at this little-known expedition.
Vallée du Khumbu © David Ducoin
03 May 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Testimonials, Fourteen 8000ers, Seven Summits
In the spring of 2021, Expeditions Unlimited is organising an ascent of Mount Everest (8,848 m) via the South Face, on the Nepal side. François Trouillet, one of the participants, gives us a poignant first-hand account of the main stages of this expedition. In this post, François describes the team of Sherpas accompanying us on this expedition.
Camp de base de l'Everest (5 365 m) versant népalais © François Trouillet
02 May 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Testimonials, Fourteen 8000ers, Seven Summits
In the spring of 2021, Expeditions Unlimited is organising an ascent of Mount Everest (8,848 m) via the South Face, on the Nepal side. François Trouillet, one of the participants, gives us a poignant first-hand account of the main stages of this expedition. In this article, François describes life at the Everest base camp, with all the teams and the Covid atmosphere of 2021.
Traversée de l'icefall pendant l'ascension de l'Everest
02 May 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Testimonials, Fourteen 8000ers, Seven Summits
In the spring of 2021, Expeditions Unlimited is organising an ascent of Mount Everest (8,848 m) via the South Face, on the Nepal side. François Trouillet, one of the participants, gives us a poignant first-hand account of the main stages of this expedition. In this post, François recounts his emotional discovery of the icefall on the Khumbu glacier between the base camp and camp 1: the famous Icefall.
L'Everest, toit du monde
29 April 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers, Seven Summits
June 11, 1938. Eric Shipton, Bill Tillman and Peter Lloyd descend from Camp VI to an altitude of 8,300 meters. The seventh attempt to climb Everest, via the North Face, fails again. Expeditions Unlimited looks back on this fantastic adventure, which we will bring you in spring 2021.