Photo. On August 21, at 12:50 pm, local time, the radio crackled in BC. It was Andrew Mariev and Vadim Popovich calling, from K2's top, reporting that the west face had finally been climbed. © RusianClimb (source: www.ExplorersWeb.com).
ExplorersWeb publishes independent, non-commercial guides and news on mountaineering, ocean sailing, polar treks and other upcoming fields. The company is based in Manhattan, New York, USA.
According to the staff in ExplorersWeb regarding expeditions: "there are those who linger in our minds long after their final debrief".
ExplorersWeb has chosen 8 expeditions who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the Spirit of Adventure in 2007. The Russian K2 west face team is the winner of the 2007 ExplorersWeb's awards for showing the world the very essence in the Spirit of Adventure.
Photo. K2's west face, described by ExplorersWeb as virgin territory.
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By their performance, the awarded expeditions have proved themselves outstanding in all or most of the following:
- Courage
- Determination
- Persistence
- Self reliance
- Ingenuity
- Pioneering
- Idealism
- Comradeship
- Compassion
- Respect towards competition
- Honesty
Click on the link for reading more about the awarded expeditions: www.ExplorersWeb.com
K2 - The Savage Mountain
Is K2 the most challenging climb in the world? K2 is the second highest mountain in the world. It is in the Karakoram section of the Himalayas between Pakistan and China. The mountain is 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) high. It is believed that the mountain is harder to climb than Mount Everest because of its very bad weather. K2 is also much higher than the area around it when compared to Everest. K2 is nicknamed "The Savage Mountain" because of this.
Stein Morten Lund, 10 January 2008
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