3 Snowshoe Accidents in 24 Hours + Bad 8000er Winter Has Arrived + 8000 er Winter Update

Three Snowshoe accidents in 24 hours : One Dead and two seriously injured in Italy and Switzerland
Winter : Bad weather has arrived. Urubko at 5400 m at Broad Peak. Moro and Lunger close to BC.
8000er Winter Expeditions. Already or not yet in Base Camp. -- from Stefan Nestler on his blog.

https://www.montagna.tv/153268/tre-incidenti-con-le-ciaspole-in-24-ore-un-morto-e-due-feriti-gravi/ -- Three snowshoe accidents in 24 hours : One dead and two seriously injured in Italy and Switzerland (English translation supplied)

https://www.montagna.tv/153262/invernali-arrivato-il-maltempo-urubko-a-5400m-sul-broad-peak-moro-e-lunger-vicini-al-cb/ -- Winter : Bad weather has arrived. Urubko at 5400 meters on Broad Peak. Moro and Lunger close to Base Camp.
(English translation available)

https://abenteuer-berg.de/en/8000er-winter-expeditions-already-or-not-yet-in-base-camp/ -- Stefan Nestler -- 8000er winter expeditions. Already or not yet in Base Camp.

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North Sister E Buttress (Cascades) + Alpenglow Exp Summits Aconcagua +

North Sister - E Buttress (Cascades) WA - Trip report with pictures - from CascadeClimbers.com
Alpenglow Expeditions team - E. Buttress summits Aconcagua --  from Alpenglow facebook
Mt Hood - Oregon - North Face Right Gully, Reid Headwall, Pearly Gates Enchainment -- Trip Rep.

https://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/topic/103224-tr-north-sister-e-buttress-12282019/ -- North Sister - East Buttress - Cascades WA - Trip report with pictures.

Alpenglow Expeditions -- summits Aconcagua -- https://www.facebook.com/alpenglowexpeditions/
· Cumbre!! Early this morning, we got word that @solitude66 made it to the summit of Aconcagua We’ll post more details about summit day when the team descends to the lower mountain and sends an update. Congratulations team!
#climbskitrek #adventuredoneright

https://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/topic/103225-tr-mt-hood-north-face-right-gully-reid-headwall-wyeast-pearly-gates-enchainment-12292019/ -- Mt Hood - Oregon - North Face Right Gulley, Reid Headwall, Pearly Gates Enchainment  --  Trip report with pictures



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What do you think? Not about the picture, but the mountain. If you didn’t recognise it, this is the top of Matterhorn, 4478 m.

To celebrate with you for the upcoming new year, tomorrow I will take you up there with a “story”. We will then look closer, by the cross, not just from above.

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Laila Peak is a mountain in Hushe Valley near Gondogoro Glacier in the Karakoram range. Located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, it has an elevation of 6,096 metres. Laila Peak has a distinctive spear-like shape and its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical metres. www.summitkarakoram.com
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Winter Everest Climb Has Begun + Urubko Towards C1, Moro and Lunger in Concordia +

2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Everest climb has begun - from Alan Arnette on his detailed blog
Winter : Urubko towards C1, Moro and Lunger arriving in Concordia, K2 criticism by Mingma G, Sherpa
https://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_photos/mauna_lahilahi_2/index_t.html -- Hawaai


http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2019/12/29/2019-20-winter-himalaya-climbs-everest-climb-has-begun/ -- Alan Arnette -- 2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs : Everest climb has begun.

https://www.montagna.tv/153142/invernali-urubko-verso-c1-moro-e-lunger-in-arrivo-a-concordia-critiche-al-k2-di-mingma-g-sherpa/  -- Winter : Urubko towards C1. Moro and Lunger arriving in Concordia. K2 criticism by Mingma G, Sherpa.

https://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_photos/mauna_lahilahi_2/index_t.html -- Hawaai -- Mauna Lahilahi - Trip report with pictures from Bob Burd of the Sierra Club



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Mountain Madness

Wahoo! 16 MM climbers and guides made it up Cotopaxi this morning- congrats to all! Next up Chimborazo

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Wahoo! 16 MM climbers and guides made it up Cotopaxi this morning- congrats to all! Next up Chimborazo

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