This just in from Mike Marolt: Dear WildSnow readers, Last spring, I had the unfortunate experience of getting a call to “get out to the hospital, ……was in an accident and they are not sure he will make it…..”. A…
8,000 Meter Skiing
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Kit DesLauriers Skis from Mount Everest Summit – But Doesn’t Get a Complete Descent
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonKit DesLauriers has become the first woman to ski off the summit of Mount Everest, but was not able to make an all-snow all-ski complete descent to match that of Davo Karnikar in 2000. According to the expedition report, “the…
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This just in about the guys on Gasherbraum II that we blogged about a few days ago. We’re headed for the summit! Finally, after some days in Basecamp the weather changed and so we started our second descent to camp…
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Mustagh Ata — possibly the biggest ski mountain in the world. Don’t know if I’ll ever get there but it could happen.
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I’m not going to turn this blog into a string of press releases, but an interesting one came in today so I’ll post it. The same guys who did that amazing speed ascent and ski descent of Mustagh Ata last…