Sella's Himalayan journey began in 1899 when he joined ... both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi. His photographs of the world's most difficult ...
His rare images of the Himalayas remain some of the most iconic ever captured ... It features some of the earliest high-altitude photographs of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and K2 ...
the Catalan expedition and the first repeat of the magic line on K2, Himalaya. They too were there at Base Camp this year, and they didn't really care about the summit. Or rather, they weren't there ...
The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto Zerain at 3 p.m., who was hiking solo. In the film, Norwegian climber Lars Nessa describes Zerain as a "mythic figure." Zerain seems to ...
“The Himalayas became a place where I can come into ... Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain ...