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By mountaintravel • July 2nd, 2009

A leading mountaineering official on Tuesday urged Nepal to reduce climbing fees for Mount Everest and other mountains during the peak climbing season, to lure climbers back from Tibet where mountaineering is cheaper.
Ama Dablam 6,812 metres (22,349 ft)
Tourists are returning to Nepal, one of the world’s poorest countries with largely aid-and tourism-dependent economy, after the Himalayan [...]

On the 21st April 1985 Chris Bonington reached the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 51. He was a member of the Norwegian Everest Expedition. He was the leader of the 1972, 1975 and 1982 British Mount Everest expeditions, and has travelled all over the world, making him become one of Britons most [...]

In February of 2000, a group of people gathered in the vaulted rooms of the Museo della Montagna in Torino, Italy to forge an alliance committed to the future of mountain film.
Not surprisingly, the individuals present were from the some of the most important mountain film festivals in the world, [...]

For the worlds top mountaineers, the climbing season never really ends, it just shifts location. With the Himalaya behind us at last (I really mean it this time!), the focus shifts to the Karakorum, where teams have already begun to arrive in Pakistan, and are starting to filter out into the countryside, preparing for the [...]

(K2Climb.net/Madrid) The French team on Broad Peak was ready to launch a second summit bid today – heavy snow falling forced them to stay put in BC though.
Fresh from summiting Kangchenjunga, Kinga Baranowska hopes to turn GI and GII into her 7th and 8th 8000ers. Field Touring’s team members are also gearing up to attempt [...]

Ang Tshering writes from Nepal.
Jun 01, 2009
(MountEverest.net) Asian Trekking is among the oldest trekking agencies in Himalaya. Ang Tshering Sherpa is the major expedition organizer in Nepal, with experience dating back to the early history of Everest and Himalaya mountaineering.  
He has made it a tradition to write reports from main events and here [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

Kinga Baranowska, first Polish woman to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga.
On 18th of May Kinga Baranowska as the first Polish woman (Alpinus Expedition Team, KW Warsaw) summited Kangchenjunga (8586 m) which is located in Nepal.
Kangchenjunga have been summited in high winds – however, descent on Kang is reportedly very difficult.

Kinga’s Summits :
Cho Oyu [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

Kinga Baranowska, first Polish woman to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga.
Kinga’s Summits :
Cho Oyu (8201 m) – October , 2003 ;
Broad Peak (8047 m) – Julay 22, 2006 – The 11 woman ascent;
Nanga Parbat (8125 m) Julay 18, 2007
Dhaulagiri (8167 m) May 01, 2008 – first Polish woman
Manaslu (8156 m) October 5, [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

The Annapurna Sanctuary trek also known as the Annapurna Base Camp trek is famous for trekkers. The principal peaks of the western portion of the great Annapurna Himal, including Hiunchuli, Annapurna South, Fang, Annapurna, Ganagapurna, Annapurna 3 and Machhapuchhare, are arranged almost precisely in a circle about 10 miles in diameter with a deep glacier-covered [...]

Kinga Baranowska, first Polish woman to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga.
Kinga’s Summits :
Cho Oyu (8201 m) – October , 2003 ;
Broad Peak (8047 m) – Julay 22, 2006 – The 11 woman ascent;
Nanga Parbat (8125 m) Julay 18, 2007
Dhaulagiri (8167 m) May 01, 2008  – first Polish woman
Manaslu (8156 m) October 5, 2008  [...]

If you enjoy Mountain Biking and wish to experience as much of Nepal as possible in a week holiday this ‘Around Kathmandu Mountain Biking’ tour is an excellent option. This is a 5-day biking trip on the ridge-top trails which encircle the Valley’s rim. We travel along little-used dirt roads away from the hustle and [...]

Bhutan lies in the eastern Himalayas, between Tibet to the north, the Indian territories of Assam and West Bengal, to the south and east, and Sikkim to the west. Bhutan is a tiny country has a total area of about 47,00 square KM. Bhutan is loacted in the heart of the high Himalayan mountain range, [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

Nepal offers some of the finest bike trails on Earth! There are virtually millions of tracks out there. Some people have even started calling Nepal a “Mecca for Mountain biking.” Until few years back, visitors came to Nepal mostly to trek, climb , raft or to see the Tigers in the wild. But now, a [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009 2nd report.
Kangchenjunga 2009 Expedition led by Kinga Baranowska.

Goal:
Kinga Baranowska wants to climb Kangchenjunga (8598 m) by normal (first ascent) route.
Accomplishment time:
01.04.2009 – 30.05.2009
Description of the expedition:
The team wants to climb Kangchenjunga (8598 m) by normal route. Polish Kinga Baranowska is attempting Kangchenjunga, as member in K2 Magic Line leader Oscar [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

If you want a cliff hanger experience in Nepal, the Kathmandu valley perimeter offers some hair-raising spots. There are some terrific, dizzying places for those who get their kicks from crawling up vertical cliffs. If you are not making it to some of the kingdom’s high peaks, here’s another opportunity to get a high. Of [...]

The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal, a non profit organization which operates medical clinics at Pheriche and Manang began conducting a medical clinic at Everest Base Camp in spring 2003, staffed by physicians with previous high altitude experience.

The camp sets up service on or around April 1 of each year and remains at EBC until the [...]

The Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) is a voluntary non-profit organization formed in 1973 with an objective to reduce casualties in the Nepal Himalayas, especially keeping in view the increasing number of Nepalese and foreigners who trek up into the remote wilderness.

One of the most important tasks of the HRA is to try to prevent deaths [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009
Nanda Devi East Expedition 2009 led by Jan Lenczowski (Grandson of Jakub Bujaka – first ascent Nanda Devi East), the team : MARCIN MIOTK, GRZEGORZ MRÓZ, JAROSŁAW WOĆKO, NARCYZ SADŁOŃ, PAWEŁ SZLACHTA, TOMASZ WALKIEWICZ, DANIEL CIESZYŃSKI, GRZESIEK SOSIŃSKI, RAFAŁ SZENDZIELARZ.
Goal:
Nanda Devi East (7816 m ) – [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009
Nanda Devi East: Polish to celebrate 70th anniversary of first ascen.
(MountEverest.net) Polish Marcin Miotk and Grzegorz Mroz are leading a team currently on their way to Nanda Devi East, in an anniversary climb 70 years after a fellow Polish expedition achieved the peak’s first ascent.
“That climb was reckoned to be [...]

Polish Himalaya Expeditions 2009 1st report.
Kangchenjunga 2009 Expedition led by Kinga Baranowska.

Goal:
Kinga Baranowska wants to climb Kangchenjunga (8598 m) by normal (first ascent) route.
Accomplishment time:
01.04.2009 – 30.05.2009
Description of the expedition:
The team wants to climb Kangchenjunga (8598 m) by normal route. Polish Kinga Baranowska is attempting Kangchenjunga, as member in K2 Magic Line leader Oscar [...]

Born in 1976, he died on Dhaulagiri somewhere over 5500 meters…
* see : – Breaking news: Piotr Morawski lost on Dhaulagiri. Piotr Morawski zginął na Dhaulagiri. /Version english and polish/
He started to climb in 1996, and winter climbing quickly became his passion. The first high mountaineering expedition he took a part in – to Chan [...]