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Norwegian woman sets new record by scaling 14 highest peaks in 92 days
A Norwegian woman mountain climber and her Nepali Sherpa guide have set a new record by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in 92 days, a Pakistani mountaineering official said.
On July 27, Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa summitted K2 on the Chinese-Pakistani border in the Karakorum Range — considered to be among the most dangerous peaks for mountaineers.
Silvia Azdreeva is the first Bulgarian Woman to Climb the K2 Peak
Silvia Azdreeva from the Bulgarian town of Petrich has climbed K2 in Pakistan. This was announced by the company organizing the expedition.
Body of Bulgarian Climber Atanas Skatov Recovered under K2
The fall of Atanas Skatov under K2 (8,611 meters) ended fatally. Pakistani journalist Jamil Nagri first spread this news on his Twitter account, and then it appeared elsewhere, as it became clear that his dead body had been found.
Festival of Mountaineering Film kicking off tonight
The productions from 20 countries will compete in four categories: mountaineering, climbing, mountain nature and culture, and mountains sports and adventure.
Stefan Stefanov Became the Second Bulgarian Who Climbed K2
The second Bulgarian climb of K2 is already a fact! At 7:53 am this morning Stefan Stefanov was on the eighth place as part of an international expedition.
10 mountaineers, 6 Nepalese Sherpas and 3 from Pakistan participate in it.
On May 15 he climbed the third highest peak in the world -Kanchenjunga, and last year the Bulgarian looked at the world and from Everest.
Kosovo Woman Aims to Climb All 14 Himalayan Peaks
After scaling the two highest peaks in the Himalayas, Everest and Manasulu, Kosovo alpinist Uta Ibrahimi said on Monday that she intends to climb the rest of the mountains in the range by 2023.
"My plan is to climb two peaks a year for the next six years," Ibrahimi told a press conference in Pristina.
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Avalanche Buried 10 Climbers on Mongolian Peak Odon Tanger
10 climbers, ignoring the ban on climbing Mongol Peak Odon Tanger, have died as a result of an avalanche, seven people are missing, AFP reports.
First Bulgarian Climber Conquers K2
Boyan Petrov has become the first Bulgarian national to conquer the world’s second highest peak, K2, Dnevnik daily has reported.
According to information posted on the specialized website climbingguidebg.com and quoted by Dnevnik, Petrov climbed K2 on Thursday, on the 60th anniversary of K2’s first ascent and shortly before his Polish teammate Janusz Golab.
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