JAPAN'S BEST ALPINE TRIPS BEGIN HERE
‘Little’ Konka isnt so little. at just on 6000m this is about the coolest 6000m peak around, almost a miniature K2. beautiful and straightforward approach using horses (rare in Tibetan areas), surrounded by big walls and huge glaciers, steep but relatively safe, Tshiburongi is far more interesting than the 6000m safaris of peaks like Island…
Read more
2018 sees a series of climbing expeditions to the wildest objectives we can conjure, including a return to the North Eastern Tibetan plateau. after several visits and always stopping to stare, this year we have all the pieces aligned for attempts on several unnamed 5500m – 6000m peak and walls across eastern Tibet. evolution in access,…
Read more
Xialongrezha west face. Pitches 1 – 4 continue obscured below the fin of rock. 12 pitches, Russian alpine grade 5A (Scottish IV, M4, some pitches run out, some simu-climbed or soloed). 650m. descent by rappelling the route. Photo: Rob Baker During unbroken perfect weather from late October to early November we made the first ascent…
Read more
despite not being the best weather window, now is the time when many climbing teams head to Sichuan to climb. seeing the region as a blossoming frontier – and in a way it still is – teams unfamiliar with the mechinations of China show up thinking things will be like Nepal, or Pakistan, or Kyrgyzstan…
Read more
since Messner appeared a while back stating how the eastern Tibet ranges would be his choice should he be a young man again, knowing what he knows, interest has bubbled. and tho climbers like to invoke the name of Messner, not all actually apply what his ideals were for self-supported, clean, committed, daring and integral…
Read more