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Elite mountaineer took on Everest peak
Ljubljana :: Slovenia | 19 days ago
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In the summer of 1988, Tomaz Humar was a Yugoslavian soldier in the Kosovar town of Podujevo. He loathed Slobodan Milosevic's plans for ethnic Albanians and, when his conscription ended, told his commanding officer that he wanted to go home.
Tags: Tomaz Humar, bad weather, Yugoslavian, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Piolet d'Or, Nanga Parbat, Dhaulagiri, Tomaￅﾾ, Mountaineering, Eight-thousanders, Himalaya, Tomaￅﾾ Humar
Tomaz Humar: Mountaineer idolised in his home country but resented by many in the climbing community
Kamnik :: Slovenia | 21 days ago
Credibility When word started to circulate late last week that Tomaz Humar was missing on a Himalayan peak and that a helicopter rescue mission was underway, there was a sense of d�jà vu among mountaineers. In 2005, the controversial Slovenian alpinist was plucked...
Tags: Tomaz Humar, south face, Kamnik Alps, Nepal Mountaineering Association, Slovenia, Sergeja Jersin, Nanga Parbat, rupal face, Janez Jeglic, base camp, Kamnik, Himalaya, Astore District, Dhaulagiri, Piolet d'Or, Eight-thousanders, Mountaineering, Tomaￅﾾ Humar
Mountain climber Tomaz Humar dies during solo attempt on Himalayan peak
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 23 days ago
Credibility Tomaz Humar, 40, went missing on the south face of Langtang Lirung, a notoriously dangerous 7,234m (23,700ft) mountain in northern Nepal last week. A single message was received by his support team on Tuesday, by satellite phone: “I have broken my back...
Tags: Tomaz Humar, himalayan peak, solo attempt, Nepal, Kathmandu, Dhaulagiri, Nanga Parbat, Mountaineering, Langtang Lirung, Langtang, Eight-thousanders, Tomaￅﾾ Humar, Astore District
Body of Himalayan climber recovered
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 25 days ago
Credibility Rescue crews in the Himalayas Saturday recovered the body of a Slovenian climber killed while on a solo ascent, officials say. Tomaz Humar was climbing Lang Tang Lirung, a 23,772-foot peak in Nepal, Monday when he reported to his base camp that he had...
Tags: Tomaz Humar, Tomasz Humar, Mr Humar, Nepal, slovenian climber, veteran slovenian, slovenian mountaineer, Kathmandu, Pahor, Slovenia, Tomaￅﾾ Humar, Tomaￅﾾ, Borut Pahor, Hospitality Recreation, Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Everest, Sherpa, Eight-thousanders, Himalaya, Disaster Accident, Langtang Lirung, Dhaulagiri, Langtang, Mountaineering, Himalayas, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Army, Astore District
Injured Slovenian climber stranded in the Himalayas, rescue attempt under way, colleague says
Ljubljana :: Slovenia | 26 days ago
Credibility A veteran Slovenian mountaineer has become stranded in the Himalayas during a solo climb, and bad weather is hampering rescue efforts, a colleague said Thursday. Tomaz Humar last contacted his base team in Nepal on a satellite phone Monday to say he had...
Tags: Tomaz Humar, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Langtang, Tomaￅﾾ Humar, Nanga Parbat, Kathmandu, Sherpa, Environment, Newar, Himalaya, Eight-thousanders, Disaster Accident, Piolet d'Or, Tomaￅﾾ, Langtang Lirung, Himalayas, Pakistan Army
The Killer Mountain
Legend says "When the sun shines, it smokes up there. The demons blow their horns and fairies cook their bread ". Standing at 8126 meters, this is "Nanga Parbat", the worlds' ninth highest and the second highest mountain in Pakistan. Nanga...
Tags: Nanga parbat, killer mountain
Pakistani rescuers spot Italian mountain climbers
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pakistan— A tour operator says Pakistani rescuers have spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks. A third Italian climber with them is believed to have died after a fall. Rashid Ahmad says Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones were...
Tags: italians climber, Rashid Ahmad, Pakistan, Nanga Parbat, italians mountaineers, Walter Nones, Simon Kehrer, Karl Unterkircher, deadliest peak, killer mountaineers
'Star' climber dies in Himalayas
Rome :: Italy | about 1 year ago
Credibility Top Italian mountain climber Karl Unterkircher fell to his death Wednesday in a bid to open a new route to the top of Himalayan giant Nanga Parbat. Unterkircher's two companions phoned his manager, Herbert Mussner, and said they could see his body at...
Tags: mountaineer climber, Nanga Parbat
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