Piolets d'Or nominees 2013, celebrating high-level alpinism
- 11 years ago
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The names of the nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2013 have been published and here are the ascents which have made an impact on the world of mountaineering in 2012.
Kyashar (6,770m), Nepal ( Tatsuya Aoki, Yasuhiro Hanatani and Hiroyoshi Manome)
Shiva (6,142m), India (Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden)
Muztagh Tower (7,284m), Pakistan (Dmitry Golovchenko, Alexander Lange and Sergey Nilov)
Baintha Brakk (a.k.a The Ogre, 7,285m), Pakistan (Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy and Josh Wharton)
Kamet (7,756m), India (Sébastien Bohin, Didier Jourdain, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel)
Nanga Parbat (8,125m), Western Himalaya, Pakistan (Sandy Allan and Rick Allen)
We spoke to Didier Jourdain from the french expedition which summited Kamet, the highest mountain in India for which it is currently possible to gain a permit. After establishing an advanced base in the glacier bowl below this steep mixed wall, Sébastien Bohin, Didier Jourdain, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel (France) climbed it, alpine-style, in five days. They found conditions excellent and connected a succession of steep snow fields linked by often vertical ice pitches to reach a bivouac on the south ridge at 7,500m. The summit day presented unexpected difficulties, after which the team descended to the bivouac and next day went down the previously untouched south face
The names of the nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2013 have been published and here are the ascents which have made an impact on the world of mountaineering in 2012.
Kyashar (6,770m), Nepal ( Tatsuya Aoki, Yasuhiro Hanatani and Hiroyoshi Manome)
Shiva (6,142m), India (Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden)
Muztagh Tower (7,284m), Pakistan (Dmitry Golovchenko, Alexander Lange and Sergey Nilov)
Baintha Brakk (a.k.a The Ogre, 7,285m), Pakistan (Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy and Josh Wharton)
Kamet (7,756m), India (Sébastien Bohin, Didier Jourdain, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel)
Nanga Parbat (8,125m), Western Himalaya, Pakistan (Sandy Allan and Rick Allen)
We spoke to Didier Jourdain from the french expedition which summited Kamet, the highest mountain in India for which it is currently possible to gain a permit. After establishing an advanced base in the glacier bowl below this steep mixed wall, Sébastien Bohin, Didier Jourdain, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel (France) climbed it, alpine-style, in five days. They found conditions excellent and connected a succession of steep snow fields linked by often vertical ice pitches to reach a bivouac on the south ridge at 7,500m. The summit day presented unexpected difficulties, after which the team descended to the bivouac and next day went down the previously untouched south face