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The Old Man of Hoy in Scotland was climbed recently by eight-year-old Edward Mills. In becoming the youngest person to climb the iconic sea stack he importantly raised nearly €30,000 for Climbers Against Cancer.
One of Great Britain’s most famous rock climbs, the Old Man of Hoy on the Orkney Islands in Northern Scotland, w...
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Heres the video of first ever full ski descent of K2 (8611m) located in Karakoram, Pakistan. Polish climber Andrzej Bargiel has done something great and almost unbelievable - he has become the first to ski down dangerous K2.
"I would like to thank all my sponsors and everyone who helped me reach the top of K2,...
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Mountaineer from Petersburg Alexander Gukov, who was blocked for several days on the slope of the Latok-1 in Pakistan, has been rescued and taken to a hospital, according to coordinator of the rescue team Anna Piunova.
"He was rescued, they are flying to the hospital of city of Skardu," Piunova said. She added that the r...
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This article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The original can be read here.
The 2018 Karakoram season began with strong winds and heavy snowfall. By early July, it seemed that this might be another quiet summit year. Unlike Everest, K2 isnt climbed every season. The weather turned abruptly on July 14, and a solid week of...
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From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, comes FREE SOLO.
It is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most fa...
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Mountain Planet are glad to inform Alpine Community about partnership with Andalusian Association of Mountain Guides.
In August 2018 Mountain Planet Alpine Community signed the collaboration agreement with Andalusian Association of Mountain Guides (AAGGM, aaggm.es). It was formed in Y2017 as non-profit organizati...
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Bengali mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta became the youngest mountaineer in the world to complete both the Seven Summits and the Seven Volcanic Summits. Satyarup achieved this feat at the age of 35 years 262 days when he scaled Mt. Sidley (4285m) in Antarctica on 16th January, 2019. He has surpassed Australian mountaineer Dan...
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Two-thousand kilograms of solid waste has been collected from Mt Everest region under the Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign.
Of the total amount of garbage collected, 1,000 kg was taken to Kathmandu and another 1,000 kg to Okhaldhunga in a Nepali Army helicopter for disposal, according to Sagarmatha National Park. Locally man...
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Adam Bielecki and Felix Berg are doing it again: their “secondary” acclimatization peak (before attempting a new route on Annapurna) is a mighty challenge by itself. The grandeur of Langtang Lirung (7,227m) was equaled by the disbelief the climbers met when they revealed their plans to the locals in Langtang valley.
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At least four Nepali climbers successfully stood atop the 7,161-metre peak in the Mt Everest region this afternoon.
“Four Sherpa climbers reached the top of Mt Pumori opening a route to the summit point at 1:15 pm,” Tamding Sherpa, Managing Director at Himalayan Experience Pvt Ltd, said.
According to him, the rope fix...
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