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Yesterday we spent the best part of the late morning and early afternoon climbing and scrambling our way to the summit of Chukung Ri. This small peak stands just near 5550m and is dwarfed by the looming south faces of Nuptse and Lhotse. It’s commonly used for acclimatisation for crossing the high pass to Lobuje […]
The slow approach to Island Peak ( Imje Se) continues. Yesterday we had another acclimation day at Dingboche where we got our climbing equipment ready – putting together the fixed line systems and doing a series of exercises to get the team ready to use the fixed lines and abseiled on Island peak. There are […]
Departing Namche yesterday we chose to take the path less travelled and instead of going via Tengboche we instead climbed up via a old set of rock stairs to a trail that leads to Mhong Lha From here the trail splits and heads up towards Gokyo or down and across the river to Phortse. From […]
Mal Haskins |
Based from Wanaka, a stunning lakeside town in the South Island of New Zealand. We run international expeditions on a regular basis and work with various NZ based organisations. |
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 Mal is professionally qualified IFMGA / NZMGA mountain and ski guide in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and internationally. Mal works for Alpine Guides (Mt Cook) and the NZ Mountain Safety Council and manages and organizes his own International Expeditions – primarily in the Nepalese Himalaya.
Mal is an experienced Himalayain guide and mountaineer with 7 successful expeditions to Nepal since 2006 and one successful expedition to Indian Himalaya for BaseClimb3 that saw a new route established on the west face of Meru Peak and a wing suit basejump from 6,400 metres by Glenn Singleman and Heather Swann. In 2008 Mal summited Lhotse 8516m as a guide with DXCP and in 2010 Mal summited Manaslu 8,156 as part of the Speedfly8000 expedition that he led and organised. Since then he has lead mutliple trips to Nepal, South America and recently to Anatartica.
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| Besides running his own operations in New Zealand Mal also works for the following operations |
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