There are men who seek the truth in toil, in altitude, in the silence of great walls. Denis Urubko is one of them. Extraordinary mountaineer, man of few words and radical gestures, returns today to challenge the very high altitude with a new goal that has the taste of impossible: open an unprecedented route on the Diamir wall on the Nanga Parbat (8125 m), one of the most feared and fascinating peaks in the Himalayas.
At his side, as always, the companion Maria "Pipi" Cardell. No large cordage, no altitude support, no additional oxygen: only determination, experience and a pure, essential style, which fully reflects the Kayland philosophy.
Kayland supports this venture with conviction, because in our DNA there are the real challenges, those that combine ethics, technique and vision. Enterprises like this are not born to amaze, but to explore what has not yet been traced.
Urubko is not new to this approach. After completing the 14 eight-thousanders without oxygen in 2009, he continued to look for new routes and new seasons to write his idea of mountaineering, which is also an idea of coherence. He did it by opening roads, facing winter firsts, performing rescues at over 6,000 meters, without ever losing touch with his own ethics.
The decision to return to the Nanga Parbat, already climbed in 2003 for the Kinshoffer route, represents a symbolic return but also a revival of intentions. After the Gasherbrum I incident that kept him away from the 8000 for two years, this expedition is a new beginning. A way to demonstrate, once again, that mountaineering is first and foremost a matter of freedom, purity and vertical thinking.
Kayland is at the side of Denis Urubko because we believe in this approach. We believe that performance is not just a matter of numbers, but choices. And that every step, every climb, every new project tells something deeper: a way of being, a way of living.
We follow this new venture closely, aware that whatever the outcome will be a valuable contribution to contemporary mountaineering.
Because the future of outdoor is made by people who have the courage to draw new lines. Just like Denis Urubko.
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