The great alpinist Denis Urubko has waded into the supplemental oxygen debate that has clouded the winter climb at K2. And the Russian-Polish mountaineer, who became the 15th person to climb all 14 8000ers without the use of supplementary oxygen, plus two winter peaks — Makalu in 2009 and Gasherbrum II in 2011 — is kicking ass. In a […]
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Posted inChina, Nepal, South Asia
A Chinese cyber rumble in Kathmandu
Posted inChina, India, Nepal, South Asia
China steals a Nepalese march on India
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Irritants in India-Nepal relations
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