VIII international Elbrus Race "You can't race any higher in Europe!!"
speed ascent to Elbrus (5642 m) - will take place on 15/09-22/09 2013.
Competition organizers: Tops Sport Travel & RussianClimb
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18 May, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg The team descended to BC.
16 May, 2013 Everest. Alexey's body has been airlifted to Kathmandu already. Denis(8 p.m.): three of us - me, Damien Binigas and Lakpa Sherpa - flew to the bottom of the wall, packed the body, carried it to the convenient point (100 m), where the pilot Maurizio Folini took the body and then us too.
16 May, 2013 Lhotse. Victor Koval and Sergey Kondrashkin summited Lhotse today, about 1 p.m. Descended to 7800.
15 May, 2013 Everest. Can't, can't, can't believe... Good bye, Alex...
Today Morning Alexey Bolotov died on Everest at 5600.
14 May, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex will start tomorrow to new route. They're planning 8 days ascent and 2 days descent.
14 May, 2013 Kyajo Ri: Marina Kopteva and Vladimir Belousov climbed new route on East ridge.
13 May, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg The team returned to BC after the rest in valley. Today they began the summit bid: ascended to C2. It snowing.
9 May, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex are in the valley, Deboche village. The final rest before the new route.
9 May, 2013 Russian climber Sergey Ponomarev (from 7 summits team Alexander Abramov) died from the heart attack May, 5 on the trek 100 m above ABC on Everest North route.
8 May, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg Guys reached 7850 m, made a deposit with the tent, and then descended to BC.
7 May, 2013 Denis Urubko and Alex Bolotov acclimatized at 8000 m two nights and returned to BC.
4 May, 2013 Denis Urubko "Khumbu Wars"
1 May, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis returned to BC after recovering in Deboche. Duo going to acclimatize more at 7000 m before the alpine style climb
29 April, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg The team set C3 at 7150 m
25 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Yesterday the duo reached 7400 and set C3 on normal route for other climbers. Then descended to BC. Today they're going to the valley, Deboche village, for some days rest in green zone, - before the start to the main goal - newroute in alpine style on Everest SW Face.
23 April, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg The team set C2 at 6500 m. Descended to BC for the rest
19 April, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg The team reached BC
18 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Alex: We’ve managed to view our route closely—a very good one. Is it scary? Yes, it is! We should make it as quick as possible. But the goal for today is to complete our acclimatization.
17 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Yesterday Urubko and Bolotov ascended to 7000 m on Lhotse slope
13 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex are in Everest BC
9 April, 2013 Lhotse. Trio from S. Petersburg heading Lhotse normal route. Team: Victor Koval, Serguey Kondrashkin and Alexey Borodenkov
8 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. "We’re in a valley, after 7000 m.
8 April, 2013 Andrey Verkhovod: Denis Urubko and Alexei Bolotov: The Everest new route Game Plan
6 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. "We’ve made through the second and the third icefall and stopped at 6700 m. ..."
6 April, 2013 Controversially, the Jury of the 2013 Piolets d'Or has awarded all six nominated ascents a Piolet D'Or
5 April, 2013 Piolet D'Or 2013. Yesterday the 5th Piolets dOr Lifetime Achievement awarded to Kurt Diemberger. (Photo(c) Anna Piunova )
4 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Glacier, 6000 m. We're spending this night near Ghiachunkang, with Everest in the distance.
3 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex arrived to Dragnak
3 April, 2013 Elbrus: on the slope at 4900 m near Pastukhov rocks rescuers found bodies of climbers, who were missing in the beginning of March: Pole Pavel Gostinski and Iraninan Ali-Atabi Sirelli. Now they're transporting to the valley.
2 April, 2013 English winter attempt of Russian route on Eiger North Face
1 April, 2013 First complete traverse of the Torres del Paine
1 April, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex had two nights at 5800 m, now they're going to Gokyo
25 March, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex are in Namche, talk about their next days plans
24 March, 2013 Everest SW Face in alpine style. Denis and Alex are taking a plane from Kathmandu to Lukla today.
22 March, 2013 The last surviving Everest 1st ascent team member George Lowe has passed away in England aged 89yr
21 March, 2013 Snow Leopards: Vladimir Yakovlev and Georgy Redetsiy, who had completed the program years ago, had just registered their achievements in Shataev's list (#601, 602).
20 March, 2013 Gleb Sokolov didn't find enough money for his Everest project (new line on Kanchung Face in alpine style), so postponed it to next year
20 March, 2013 Juerg Marmet (b 1927, 2nd ascent of Everest on 23rd May 1956) died...
20 March, 2013 Everest SW Face, new route in alpine style. Today Denis Urubko and Alexey Bolotov start from Moscow
12 March, 2013 XXI Piolet D'Or nominees.
8 March, 2013 Simone Moro about the drama on Broad Peak and winter mountaineering in the Himalaya
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Winter 2013: Broad peak winter climb / Nanga Parbat winter attempt / Chhurim Sherpa Guinness Record / Denis Urubko
Fall 2012: VII International Elbrus Race. Results and photogallery from the summit and award ceremony. / Annapurna avlanche
Summer 2012: BASK company jubilee - 20! / Andy Houseman and Nick Bullock climb Slovak Direct on Denali / Karl Unterkircher Award won by women Great Trango Tower expedition / Denis Urubko welcomed the athletes of VII International Elbrus Race /
Spring 2012: Gasherbrum I Winter expedition / Simone Moro found the body of Russian climber Alexey Gorbatenkov on TengKampoche Face.
Winter 2012: K2 Winter Russian expedition. / Nanga Parbat winter expedition. /
Fall 2011: K2 Winter Russian expedition. /The women Piolet D'Or team interview: Marina Kopteva, Galina Chibitok and Anna Yasinskaya. 38 days in the Parallel World.
Gennady Durov about p. Pobeda climb (August, 2011): "I tried not to look up only in front of me..."
Summer 2011: Denis Urubko about the new route on Pobeda peak /K2 from the China: International team /Latok III. / Nanga Parbat. Kyrgyz-Russian team / Elbrus lady-champions became the Ternua Female Team - Gasherbrums 2011.
Spring 2011: Greenland. The dream of virgin walls. Alexander Ruchkin and Mikhail Mikhailov / Kangchenjunga. Russian expedition /
Tulagi, Bielorussian Himalaya Expedition. / Alexander Ruchkin: "Search bold, and you will find many magical peaks ...."
Winter 2011: Gasherbrum II Winter expedition.
November 2010: International Mountain Summit (IMS),
September 2010: VI International Elbrus Race. The top results 2005-2010.
VI International Elbrus Race. The results on Extreme and Classic routes./ New hut on the col between Elbrus tops
August 2010: Elbrus Race - the gate to the real altitude VI International Elbrus Race: Girls will run for the first time in "Extreme" class!
Artur Hajzer interview: I want to build the team for Himalaya Winter climbs. / Interview with Israfil Ashurly.
June - July 2010: Karakorum, Amin Brakk, Women expedition. / Sivera supports VI International ELBRUS RACE.
April - May 2010: Lhotse, Russian expedition.
1-st Everest Sherpa wall climbing competition. / Annapurna 2010 / New Route on Matterhorn. Father-and-son
March 2010: Lhotse, Russian expedition. / Makalu, Ukraine expedition. SW Face new route attepmt.
January 2010: Kwangde Lho, David Falt and Vassily Pivtsov. New route isn't real, they'll try Russian route.
Cerro Torre. Italian Fabio Giacomelli died in an avalanche January 1 at the base of Cerro Torre.
October - December 2009: 8 nominees for Piolet D'Or Russia 2009. The ceremony will be Dec, 5 in Moscow ??????? ???????, ??????, 2009. ?????????? ????? ??????? ??????????
"The fourth girl" - Russians climbed new route on Siguniang, 6250 m, / Gleb Sokolov: New route to Pobeda.
Film about K2 West Face expedition (2007) awarded by Gold Alpine Camera om mountain film festival in Graz.
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Denis Urubko and Boris Dedeshko awarded Piolet D'Or Asia 2009 for their climb (Cho Oyu, SE Face) in alpine style! ????? ?????? ? ????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ??????? ???? ?? ??????????? ?? ?? ???
Kazakh skyrunner Andrew Puchinin set Kilimandjaro speed climb record: 5 hrs 24 min 40 sec.
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Jasemba South Face first climb in Alpine Style
September 2009:
Elbrus Race top results 2005-2009. Statistics by Rodrigo Granzotto Peron
V International ELBRUS RACE results. New record on Classic route.
Ukrainian young lady Maria Khitrikova, Italian Colli Tibaldi Luca, Czech Marhan Milan, Russian Roman Gubanov and others will try to win V International ELBRUS RACE...
"Balyberdin" Elbrus races (1989-90). The story by American climber Kevin Cooney about the competition in 1990
"Balyberdin" Elbrus races (1989-90). The story how the idea of mountain speed ascent contest had occurred in USSR.
XXIII Rock Master
June - July 2009: Austrian speedclimber Christian Stangl back to K2 this year - for the speed climb record on Abruzzi route.
The 8th Rock Junior will take place at Arco (Garda Trentino, Italy) on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2009.
April- May 2009: E-Gongga, 6618 ?. /Cho Oyu (8203 m), South-East Face. First climb in alpine style. Denis Urubko and Boris Dedeshko.
March 2009: Winter Himalaya climb. Denis Urubko interview about Makalu 2009 expedition.
Januar y 2009: Winter Makalu expedition.
Ueli Steck
climbed Matterhorh in 2 hrs 56 min
December 2008: Eugeny Beletsky - the Russian mountaineering legend (1908 - 1979)
Denis Urubko. Makalu rules. (Before the start Makalu winter expedition with Simone Moro) /????? ??????. ??????? ??????
September 2008: IV International Elbrus Race. Press release. International Elbrus Race 2008
July 2008: Denis Urubko. Annapurna days.
May 2008:
Annapurna. Serguey Bogomolov Makalu (Urubko team) Annapurna. International Expedition. INCREDIBLE RESCUE
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March - April 2008:
Annapurna. Serguey Bogomolov Makalu (Urubko team)
January - February 2008:
Patagonia. Rolando Garibotti and Colin Haley did the first ever traverse of Torre
Kazakh Makalu Winter attempt ?????? ??????????? ?? ??????: ??????? ??????? ?????????? Caucasus Women's cup Broad peak: Simone Moro's attempt. ????? ???: ?????? ??????? ?????? ????
November - December 2007:
Tomas Humar: New Alpine Solo Route on the South Face of Annapurna. ???? ?????? ?????? ?? ?????????
First Russian Piolet D'Or for 2007 best Russian climb ??????? ??????? ?????? 2007 ???????? ??????? ?? ??????????? ???????? ????? ?2
September - October 2007: Denis Urubko - Serguey Samoilov: K2 new route from the North. International Elbrus Race 2007.
August 2007 :
K2 NW ridge Kazakhstan expedition.K2 West Face expedition .
Denis Urubko - Serguey Samoilov: K2 new route from the North.
July 2007:
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Broad peak. The team of "Romantic Chiefs"
Krasnoyarsk Broad Peak - Trango expedition
K2 West Face expedition . ?????????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ?? ?2 ?? ???????? ?????
Denis Urubko - Serguey Samoilov: K2 new route from the North. / ?????????? ?????? ?????? ? ?????? ????????? ?? ?2 (??????? ??????????? ?? ????????? ?????)
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July 2005: ???????? ???????? ?? ???????? ????? ?2 / Reconnaissance K2 West Face route
2002: Meru Central Peak (6310m), / Valery Babanov won
Piolet d'Or 2002 / / Khan
Tengri Winter climb / KAZAKHSTAN KANGCHENJUNGA
EXPEDITION /North
Face of Troll Wall / Lhotse- Saint Petersburg - 2002 Expedition /film
"Russian 8000-peak" /
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