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Changtse 7543 meter

bobelvedere — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:47:15 +0000

Succes on Changtse in the spring of 2013.

Bo Belvedere Christensen leading an expedition to the North side of Mt. Everest attempted the Northern summit of Everest from the North Col during the acclimatisation to Everest.

Climbing to around 7300 meter a few days previously Bo knew that the last part was going to be very steep climbing over broken ground. On May 16th 2013 he climbed the remaining part experiencing very dangerous rock condition on the last part. Climbing alone there was no danger as the falling rocks just fell to the glacier below him. After around 5 hours from the North Col Bo reached the summit as the first Danish climber ever.

Bo on the summit of Changtse with Everest in the background

Mustagh Ata 7546 meter

bobelvedere — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:51:46 +0000

Leading an expedition to the 7546 meter high Musthagh Ata standing in the Xinjiang province of China, Bo Belvedere Christensen reached 7200 meter during a summit attempt in stormy conditions.

The rest of the team members were caught in the storm lower down the mountain. Unfortunately, there was no time for further summit attempts. Therefore, the height reached by Bo was the high point for the expedition.

Climbing from camp 2 against camp 3 on Mustagh Ata

Lhakpa Ri 7045 meter

bobelvedere — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:23:14 +0000

During 2009 Bo Belvedere Christensen lead a succesful expedition to the 7045 meter high Everest neighbour Lhakpa Ri.

On September 26th Bo and four of his clients reached the summit. Summit climbers were:

Cecilia Emilia Hjort Frederiksen
Rikke Højland
Bent Nielsen
Susanne Jakobsen

The expedition was arranged by danish tour operator Kipling Travel in cooperation with Nepalese tour agent Explore Himalaya. Watch the video from the expedition on youtube

Happy climbers, Bent, Susanne, Rikke and Cecilia on the summit of Lhakpa Ri

Baruntse 7129 meter

bobelvedere — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:18:38 +0000

In 2008 Bo Belvedere Christensen (BBC), one of the initiators of the Danish Himalayan Society, lead an expedition to the beatifull mountain, Baruntse. It was a very succesful expedition with the following achievements:

BBC summited on May 15th together with 2 of his 4 clients.
Furthermore the expedition summited Baruntse II as the first danish climbers. Baruntse II is 6720 meters high.
During acclimatisation the group reached Mera Peak Central (6461 meter) and Mera Peak North (6476 meter).
Bo and another from his group reached p.5950 close to Baruntse basecamp presumably as the first climbers ever, at least there was no sign of anybody reaching this summit previously, no cairns and no letfovers from anyone.

Watch videos from the expedition on youtube:

The expedition was arranged by danish tour operator Kipling Travel in cooperation with Nepalese tour agent Explore Himalaya.

Climbing at around 7000 meter on summit day on Baruntse

Danga 6238 meter

bobelvedere — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:22:01 +0000

Only four days after the succesful ascent of the virgin mountain Pandra, the tree climbers Allan Christensen, Jan Mathorne, and Bo Belvedere Christensen did it again; climbed a previously unascended mountain.

This time the goal was the 6238 meter high Danga southwest of Pandra in the Northeastern Nepal close to the border to Tibet and Sikkim.
They left the bivuak at app. 5200 meter at around tree o’clock in the morning together with Henrik Jessen Hansen, who unfortunately had to turn back due to illness. After around 5450 meter some steep ice climbing lead onto a small glacier that again led to a snow ramp. A gully took the climbers to a slanting snow ledge and yet another small glacier. After this some steep climbing on loose rock and a steep ice wall lead to the summit ridge and finally the summit itself.

The tree summit climbers followed a partly different more northerly route down through deeper snow but less step. Same night after a continuous 20 hour climb they were all back in basecamp.

Bo Belvedere and Allan Christensen on the summit of Danga

Pandra 6673 meter

bobelvedere — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:55:36 +0000

First ascents of a Himalayan peak

Three expedition climbers Allan Christensen, Jan Mathorne and Bo Belvedere Christensen attained the summit of the 6673 m Pandra in alpine style. The climb was graded TD- and was completed in the second attempt.

The route follows a long glacier covered in rolling blocks, up a steep side to a ramp leading to a white glacier. Here we had a bivuak below a large boulder, then followed the white glacier to a small side moraine for another short bivuak under a large boulder. From here the summit push started at 1 in the night.

A 500 meter couloir led to a notch in the south ridge of Pandra. From here we took a route on the south face of the mountain leading to a small plateau from where the summit was attained.

On the way down the tree climbers took a slightly different route going down a partly rocky spur directly down to the col where the couloir used during the ascent ended on the summit ridge.

The climbers were back in their bivuak around 11 pm after a summit day of 22 hours. Next day they retreated the long way back to basecamp.

Read more and see pictures from the expedition on this website.

The previously unclimbed mountain of Pandra seen from the likewise previously virgin Danga

Broad Peak 8047 meter

bobelvedere — Sun, 24 Jul 1994 12:23:09 +0000

After several attempts failing due to bad weather and illness the Danish Karakoram Expedition consisting of Henrik Jessen Hansen (leader), Kim Sejberg, Jan Mathorne, and Bo Belvedere Christensen finally got started on the summit attempt on July 17th 1994.

The climbers use the following camps:

Camp 1 at approximately 5800 meters reached on July 17th.
Camp 2 at approximately 6250 meters reached on July 18th and stay July 19th.
Camp 3 at approximately 7000 meters reached on July 20th and stay July 21th.
Camp 4 at approximately 7400 meters reached on July 22th by Jan and Bo. Kim and Henrik return due to illness to Basecamp.

Jan Mathorne and Bo Belvedere Christensen of the Danish Karakoram Expedition reached the summit on July 23rd 1994 climbing the mountain in alpine style.

Next day the two descended to Basecamp in a snowstorm taking more than 12 hours to reach safety.

Bo Belvedere and Jan Mathorne on the summit of Broad Peak with K2 in the background

Dhaulagiri 8167 meter

bobelvedere — Sun, 02 Jun 1991 11:45:29 +0000

One week after the two climbers Jan Mathorne and Bo Belvedere Christensen reached 7800 meter on the summit ridge after establishing the last two camps necessary for a summit push, Søren Smidt made a summit push and ridge the top of the mountain just before the arriving monsoon.

Jan and Bo had to retreat in a ferocious storm that was threatening to blow them of the mountain but they came back to the camp on the Northeast col in good health.

Søren became the first danish climber to reach a summit above 8000 meter, though other climbers had been above this height before none of them had reached a 8000+ meter summit.

The endless summit ridge of Dhaulagiri

Ama Dablam even more succes

bobelvedere — Thu, 20 Oct 1988 11:12:07 +0000

One week after the first two danish climbers Søren Smidt and Bo Belvedere Christensen reached the summit of Ama Dablam two more climbers from the Danish Himalayan Expedition reached the top.

Jan Mathorne and Henrik Jessen Hansen stayed more than half an hour to take photographs and they were in touch with expedtion leader Casper Sutton in basecamp via walkie talkie, confirming the huge succes of the expedition.

Now four out of 6 possible climbers have reached the summit.

Ama Dablam succes

bobelvedere — Wed, 12 Oct 1988 10:44:11 +0000

On October 11th the two danish climbers Søren Allan Smidt and Bo Belvedere Christensen reached the summit of Ama Dablam reaching 6812 meter. Ama Dablam hadn’t been attempted the previous one and a half year and the last expedition to attempt it was struck by accident.

The two climbers left from a bivuak on the hanging glacier at app. 6400 meter early morning and reached the summit around 11 am.

Bo Belvedere Christensen on the summit of Ama Dablam with Everest and Nuptse as backdrop