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Adventure Everest May 30, 2011

image du billet ueli-steck After 4 days in Zangmu we leave toward Everest basecamp. From Tingri we first take the same way like to Cho Oyu.  After 15 minutes the driver turns left. Now we are definitively on the way to the Everest. The basecamp is somehow surreal. The first thing what strikes me was the tent of Kari Kobler. A yellow dome in the middle of a field of stones ...
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Acclimatisation comes to its end April 5, 2011

image du billet ueli-steck The time of acclimatisation comes to ist end. Since two weeks I am back to Khumbu Valley. The weather is quite instable. Strong winds in the altitude and wet air from the south. I am happy. We have installed ourselves mostly in Lobouche. The Eco Lodge gives us the perfect conditions at an altitutde of 4950 meters to get acclimatized. It was a good decision to come here. We have a bed to sleep: I will sleep long enough in a tent. To get used to the height this is an important time. You can not shorten it....
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Première au Lunak February 18, 2011

image du billet petzlcrew Au mois de septembre 2010 une équipe de jeunes alpinistes s'attaque à la face Sud-Est du Jobo Rinjang Ouest ou Lunak 2, un sommet vierge de 6940 m au Népal. Récit et vidéo de cette expédition dans le Haut Kumbu avec Seb Ratel, Maxime Belleville, Mathieu Detrie et Mathieu Maynadier....
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Cuba. Grimpe et découverte... December 6, 2010

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Il y a énormément de  choses à raconter sur Cuba.
On a vécu des aventures uniques: bartasses à travers la jungle, moustiques, guêpes, chaleur et moiteur…
On a grimpé sur des ...



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YEP selected for India December 14, 2009

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After 10 days of varied activities in the picturesque valley of the Pay d'Enhaut in Switzerland, 16 Young Explorers pack their bags and return to their respective countries around the world. Eight of them have been chosen to attend the Pangaea Expedition ...


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Holtanna Expedition - parapente en Antartique December 11, 2009

image du billet sambeaugey Bonjour à tous,

Nous voilà donc arrivé au camp de base depuis le 2 décembre 2009. Nous sommes super bien installés face à l'Holtanna et à l'Holsttind nos deux plus gros objectifs....
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Expedition Makalu (8463m) West pillar solo October 12, 2009

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Since one week I am back in Switzerland. My frostbitten feet are getting slowly better and I have started again with my climbing work out. Every day life is getting back, slowly. Nevertheless: I need this rest badly. The Makalu has challenged me to ...


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Summit success at Makalu - 8463m - West pillar solo September 28, 2009

image du billet ueli-steck Summit success for Ueli Steck at Makalu (8463 Meter) over the normal route....
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Free ascent on the Eiger North Face September 17, 2009

image du billet robert-jasper The two professional Alpinists, Robert Jasper (Germany) und Roger Schäli (Switzerland) managed to finally freeclimb, redpoint, the famous "Japanese Route" on the Eiger North Face. The so called "Super-Diretissima" (5.13b/8a) is now the most challenging and demanding route through the famous 1800m North Face....
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Makalu Expedition - news from Base Camp September 16, 2009

image du billet ueli-steck Monday, September 14, - Makalu base camp
I left Base Camp to Makalu west pillar on Saturday morning at 00.30 am. I ascended directly to my small tent at 6700 meters. Basically it is more an overstepping than an ascent. The way to the actual west pillar passes over the two Jumeaux.
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Makalu Expedition -8463m- west pillar solo September 2, 2009

image du billet ueli-steck September 1, 2009 - Arrival at base camp (5250 meters above sea level).
Finally we reached the foot of the mountain. The 10 days lasting trekking was not always very comfortable. The monsoon is still fully in his element. So we mostly were humid and wet. Luckily the bloodsucker didn't bother us too much....
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Final report for Gasherbrum2 Expedition August 7, 2009

image du billet ueli-steck A little bit earlier than scheduled my wife and I returned back to Switzerland. So I have enough time to pack the rest for the upcoming Makalu expedition and to get some rest, before I will definitively leave for Nepal on August 20, 2009....
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Mike Horn - the latest YEP expedition videos in New Zealand August 6, 2009

image du billet mikehorn-pangaea Discover the young explorers latest expedition in New Zealand and the videos of them exploring, learning and acting in the Fjordland. ...
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Gasherbrum II - the details from Ueli July 15, 2009

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Almost exactly three years after in 2006 I summited the east summit of Gasherbrum II (7772m), I reached the main summit of 8035m high Gasherbrum II. 2006: Hans Mitterer, Cedric Hählen and first ascended  - coming from the Chinese side - a new route. It was the first route from the north side....
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Summit success for Ueli Steck at Gasherbrum II July 10, 2009

image du billet ueli-steck Friday,  July 3 2009 - Gasherbrum base camp:
It is running quite good here. From Tuesday until Wednesday I was already for the second time at camp 2 at 6500 meters. Overnight. The weather was pretty bad. Nicole, my wife, descended from camp 1 back to Base Camp with two Pakistani....
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