Ama Dablam (6856m) - my next project

In about three weeks from now I will go to Nepal.

Photo by Jakob Urth

This season will once again be used in the Solu Khumbu (Everest) valley. After having guided a group to Everest BC - I have around 3-4 weeks to complete this old dream. To climb Ama Dablam by the Southwest Ridge.
I have often trekked the hills in the area and even been in BC - I’ve climbed other peaks surrounding it, but this season I hope to set foot on the beautiful steep flanks. I'm ready.

Ama Dablam on the way to Everest BC.Project-himalaya.com

I hope to make an alpine ascent and test myself in one of the most spectacular mountains in the Himalayas

I expect to be at BC around the 15 of November. Drop by if you're in the area ;)

Danish activity on Cho Oyu

C1 on Cho Oyu 2011. Photo by SKL

There are currently two Danes in action right now.
It is Søren Kruse Ledet (live in Australia ) but still Danish. Right!! Soren tried to climb Everest this spring but failed sadly in the last minute. He is back and once again hungry for adventure and altitude.Soren is on a team of friends from Australia/NZ and helped by a strong Sherpa staff and guides.
The second Dane who is in action is Claus Bo Hansen. He's on a team from Asian Trekking. Claus climbs with a Sherpa.
I wish them both and their team good luck. Take care of yourselves up there.
Web: http://sorenledet.com.au/ChoOyu/

Walter Bonatti passes away at 81

The world's climbing community has lost its ultimate reference for excellence:

a young Walter Bonatti
Photo by explorersweb.com  

The legendary climber represented, though his climbs and his life, the highest values in Alpinism. The north faces, the solo climbs, the first ascents and the exploration - Bonatti's resume is a compilation of ingenuity, elegance, courage, innovation, honesty and constant challenge, in the search for the raw beauty of pure climbing.
Sumarizing, Walter Bonatti reached out for the uttermost difficulty, the unexplored, the impossible. His name is written forever on many of the most beautiful mountain faces of the world: from the East Face of the Grand Capucin (opened in 1951) to Gasherbrum IV's Shining Wall (1958) or the Cima Ovest di lavaredo (winter 1963). Pitch by pitch, he opened new routes and showed the way to a new generation of climbers. Or so he wished. Or so the entire climbing community wished, as they mourn today.

RIP, Walter Bonatti.