Written by: Artrit Bytyçi After her triumph over Mount Everest, Kosovo’s renowned mountaineer Uta Ibrahimi plans an expedition to climb 14 peaks in the Himalayas. Uta Ibrahimi, an alpinist from Kosovo best known for being the first Albanian woman to climb Mount Everest, announced her plans for her next expedition that will feature climbing the 14…
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Uta at Oxygen Show
After my first expedition on Himalayas, whe I’ve climbed 3 peaks below 6000 meters .. but that was my first experience on Himlaya, I was invited from Besim Dina, a show man from Oxygen Show. This show is one of my favorite show in Kosovo. Check out the links below for the full interview when…
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Wanderlust Travel Magazine
Promoting tourism in Kosovo Written by: Helen Moat / Release Date: December 2017 Helen Moat who has been travelling and writing a blog whilst riding her bike from Rotterdam to Istanbul. In one of her stories, she mentioned me when she wrote about the stunning city of Prizren, where Butterfly Outdoor Adventure – my own guiding…
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Donating my ice axe to the Gjilan Museum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kosovo Release Date: 20.10.2017 I grew up in the City of Gjilan, which lies in the south-west of Kosovo and had the chance to donate my ice axe to the local museum. This ice axe was my personal equipment on my summit of Mt. Everest in May and Mt. Manaslu in…
Read MoreUta Ibrahimi at Jeta ne Kosove
Author: Jeta Xharra Release date: 30.06.2017 Here is a television interview on Jeta ne Kosove, where I was talking about my previous successful summit of Mount Everest and the sacrifices I had to endure in order to get ready psychologically and physiologically to the summit and getting down safely of Mount Everest in May 2017.…
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The first Albanian women to summit Mount Everest
A story published in Himalayan Times Written by: Rayan Pokhrel Release date: 22.05.2017 First news about my ascent on the 22nd of May to the top of Mount Everest – highest Mountain in the world with 8848m, which was the first female ascent for a Kosovo- Albanian women in history. For the full story, click here.
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Hiking in Himalaya made me realize how small humans are
A Kosovo 2.0 story Written by: Valmir Mehmetaj Release Date: 11.02.2017 This is the story after I came back from a four week trip to Himalaya in December 2016, which was the first trip for me to the “Roof of the World”. The article tells about my introduction to the outdoor pursuits, mountain climbing and…
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Independent Balkan News Story
Written by: Elton Tota Release Date: 06.01.2017 A short story about my expedition, which was a part of the project “Albanian Women in the Himalayas”, to support and empower Albanian climbing inside and outside the country and to give young female mountaineers in the Balkans the chance to train and get more experience in high…
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Via Dinarica in Lonely Planet
Written by: Alex Crevar Release Date: October 2016 This trip, which has been an eight-day horseback and hiking journey through some very remote regions starting in northwestern Macedonia and kept going in others part in Sharr Mountain, in Kosovo as well. The story, written by travel journalist Alex Crevar explains in a deep and beautiful…
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Kosovo in National Geographics
Written by: Jordan Campbell Release date: 22.09.2016 I was a leader guide for outdoor activities through Butterfly Outdoor Adventure with Air Tour and Petrit Riza. We introduce Kosovo to few journalist and one of them is Jordan Campbell, whom I took in one of my tours, which included biking and exploring the outskirts of Prishtina, going…
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