2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Incident in Khumbu Icefall - Informative Sherpa Portal

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Sunday, February 2, 2020

2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Incident in Khumbu Icefall

Winter alpine climbing and especially in the Khumbu Icefall are notorious for objective hazards, i.e., avalanches, serac releases, and falls into open crevasses or through soft snow bridges. Today we saw more evidence this winter. First to Simone Moro on Broad Peak, now to Jonatan García on Everest. The problem with these snow bridge collapses continue reading

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