expedition

The Haute Route is one of the most famous ski tours in the world. As the highest and one of the longest traverses of the Alps the tour links two outstanding alpine centres – Chamonix and Zermatt. A must do … Weiterlesen

No more base camp! After descending around 1500m we are now back in Samagaon! Everybody is happy to be back in an area with more oxygen. Still the rain keeps falling but it’s supposed to get better tomorrow, so we … Weiterlesen

Snow, snow, snow! It just does not stop snowing. This is also the reason for Georg’s return on Wednesday from his summit attempt. He returned at around 7800m. Also there were heavy winds in the summit area which made an … Weiterlesen

Today the last of the four Austrian climbers left base camp for his summit attempt. I (Hannes) joined Georg up to camp I (5800m) and cleaned lower camp I (5600m) completely which means the expedition is already preparing for departure … Weiterlesen

Today we have brief but very good news from the base camp of Manaslu. We are proud to tell you that three of the Austrian expedition members reached the summit of Manaslu yesterday. Markus Amon ascended from camp II at … Weiterlesen

The Austrians Hannes G., Sepp, Georg and Markus left base camp on Saturday, I followed them on Sunday morning. That was not the best decision since it was probably the hottest day I have ever spent in the mountains. Under … Weiterlesen