"Within 10m of Camp 1, Neil plunged 20m down a crevasse," reported Andrew Lock. "He was unhurt but caught upside down in the rope, so he needed to be hauled out with a z-pulley rescue system," Live image over Contact 4.0 courtesy of Andrew Lock (click to enlarge).
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Remember when climbing Everest meant struggling with thin air on deserted slopes together with an international bunch of friends? Welcome to 2007: Last week Everest Chinese side offered armed guards patrolling BC, arrests of Americans, increased fees and - here go the actual climbing news - an aborted summit attempt. Elsewhere in Himalaya Iñaki Ochoa summited his 12th 8,000er the fast way, and so did Dodo - but his mate Marek is missing since. The North Pole was reached; by ski and chopper. On the Oceans, Reid Stowe...
Ready, steady... preliminary list of expeditions to Pakistan
