Our fly-over starts at Skardu in northern Pakistan, where Christine Burke will make final preparations, then moving on and over Gasherbrum I (8,080m) and Gasherbrum 2 (8,035m), which straddle the China-Pakistan border. More on the expedition. more »
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As her expedition start, mountaineer Christine Burke updates us on preparations to become the first New Zealand woman to reach the summit of both the Gasherbrum 1 (G1) and the Gasherbrum 2 (G2) mountains on the Pakistan-China border, without using bottled oxygen.
National Radio’s Kathryn Ryan recently interviewed White Wave‘s Ben Dare about his rescue of Scott Blackford Scheele. more »
The White Wave team, now in Nepal, talk with National Radio’s Jim Mora. more »
Gradient and Water are gearing up for their return to Papa New Guinea.
“Well, we’re back in action and are heading back to Papua New Guinea! In 2011 Barny Young, Shannon Mast and Myself completed a highly successful expedition, bagging eight First Descents but leaving some unfinished business… the Grand Canyons of the Simbu. This river took us by surprise as we thought it had been previously been paddled by a raft in the early 90s but after reaching the first gorge below Banana Market we knew this wasn’t true. A boxed in canyon with a stacked series of Class V rapids.” more »
The New Zealand White Wave Expedition will travel to the Kanchenjunga Himalaya in Nepal and attempt to summit the unclimbed Anidesha Chuli, also known as White Wave. more »
Mountain climber Christine Burke is attempting to become the first New Zealand woman to reach the summit of both the Gasherbrum 1 (G1) and the Gasherbrum 2 (G2) mountains on the Pakistan-China border.
The New Zealand White Wave Expedition are using Tumblr to great effect with their new blog. more »
The boys have fallen short of their 21 Peaks in 21 Days, with Nathan falling ill. They have made the decision to end the expedition. Sport NZ supports the Watson’s decision to put safety first.
These circumstances have a funny way of motivating adventurers. We recall Sarah Wilson, from the Cook to Cook team, who was caught in an avalanche in 2011, but this year returned to complete her expedition. more »
