Blog by Natasha Poletaeva
Even if you are an experienced alpinist, you cannot learn all the tips for climbing Everest beforehand.
Read the answers to the “Shame Questions” that glossy guidebooks just don’t address. And for sure we cannot leave the “Garbage on Everest” problem without our attention. The situation is not as simple as it is presented ...
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Blog by Viktoriia Vitova
Горный гид Mountainplanet.com Виктория Витова за 14 дней прошла в одиночку 155,4 км вокруг Аннапурны с рюкзаком тяжелее 20-ти кг. Есть девушки в горных селеньях!
Читайте подробный рассказ о том, как это было: дождь, сыпуха, собака и "внутренняя лошадь".
Старт
В 5.20 был ливень и старт. У меня что-то дофига ...
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Trekker is not a snail: you don’t need to carry your “home” with you (certainly you can, but it’s called “caravanning” and means different kind of activity). Mountain Planet experts compiled a list of most needful things when preparing to walking holidays. Chalk it and have some good days in the outdoors!
1. Make...
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Blog by Daily Mountain
After choosing from a short list of 58 notable climbs around the world, the 2018 Piolets d’Or jury bestowed the award on Zdeněk Hák and Marek Holeček (Czech Republic) for their ascent of Gasherbrum I’s southwest face, Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima (Japan) for their ascent of the northeast face of Shispare, and Frédéric ...
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Blog by Viktoriia Vitova
Life is hard, but for guides its even worse. In this article we will tell the facts that isn’t that pleasant to talk about (otherwise tourists wont even dare to travel), but they are very common in average Nepal trekking.
1. Scary accommodation
Scary, sometimes very dirty so-called "rooms" are offered as ac...
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Mountains are so numerous that MountainPlanet.com decided they should have their own alphabet. Well name the project MountainAlphabet and recall mountains from A to Z. Let’s start today with letter A! A... hmm... let us think a bit... It should be Aconcagua which attracts climbers from all over the world!
Aconcagua is th...
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Alpinism has no age. When you are full of strength and ambition - you are young. Mountains have this magic that keeps the spirit.
A 79-year-old woman from Tokyo Eiko Funahashi is planning to climb Everest this spring. This is her 4th attempt to scale the mountain. She’s got a chance to become the oldest woman on the world’...
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Kami Rita Sherpa (48) from Thame village of Solukhumbu district will attempt to climb the world’s highest mountain from Nepal side this spring. In case of success it will be his 22nd time on the summit. Moreover, woman climber Lhakpa Sherpa is going to ascend Everest from Tibet side for the 9th time.
“I do climb mountain...
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Eight renowned mountaineers who have successfully climbed various mountains of the world including Mt Everest in 1978 are now in Nepal to mark the 40th anniversary of their summit.
Amid a special ceremony organized here on Thursday, the heroes of mountain fraternity from various countries were honored by Minister for Cultu...
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We dont want to hear about the time your dog did a fourteener. Mera, recently renamed Baru, made the first canine ascent of Nepals 23,389-foot Baruntse in November 2018.
On November 9, 2018, a dog named Mera became the first of her kind to reach the summit of Baruntse, a 23,389-foot peak in Nepal’s Himalayas, located jus...
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