Historic ascent of Shispare northeast face
As reported to the UIAA by its Honorary Member Tom Nakamura (Japan), Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima successfully summited the 7611m peak of Shispare, Pakistan, via a new route of the northeast face at 14:30 on 22 August. This is considered to be the first ascent of the northeast face of Shispare and becomes one of the stand out mountaineering achievements of the year. The pair successfully descended the northeast ridge and into the Hunza Valley on 25...