Blog by Natasha Poletaeva
Just a couple of flight hours from Moscow youll find Mount Elbrus, the highest summit of Europe. Climbing it will not only add points to your alpine experience, but also inspire to reboot of consciousness. And here is why.
1. You can expand the view of life
From the slopes of Elbrus you can observe the stunnin...
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Ok, we talked about movies about a week ago. Lets pass over to books about climbing and climbers, about how it is — to be brave and move ahead. Some of them still cause a lot of dispute. Please share your opinion, maybe itll be quite the opposite. Dont forget to tell us what other climbing books you know — were keen on read...
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Son of mountaineer Frank Smythe tells how his father spotted the remains – but decided he had to keep quiet.
Tony Smythe knew he might find secrets when he came to write a book about his father, the 1930s Everest pioneer Frank Smythe. But he hadnt anticipated they might include Franks discovery of George Mallorys body in...
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MOUNT WASHINGTON — What in the heck was that climber doing up there alone in that kind of weather and in those kinds of conditions? And what kind of training did he or she have?
Admit it. Those are thoughts that many of us have had at hearing news of the latest climber getting felled by extreme weather or overly challeng...
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Kim Hong-bin is the only foreign mountaineer who was given a permit for Annapurna this spring. “The man without fingers” (as he is called sometimes) is going to scale his twelfth eight-thousander. However, that does not mean that a 53-year-old Korean will be traveling alone. He probably has a big base camp support team and ...
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A Chinese female climber along with three climbing Sherpas successfully scaled Mt Makalu (8,463m) becoming the season’s first team to summit the world’s fifth highest peak without supplemental oxygen this morning.
Gao Xiao-Dan reached the summit point at around 9:00 am without oxygen support after her team found a clear wi...
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Björn Lindwall is the founder and CEO of SolidEngineer, a Swedish software and consulting company, who decided to climb Mount Everest using 3D printed gear.
In 2011, Björn Lindwall realized he wasn’t happy anymore and decided that the only way to overcome this was to leave his comfort zone.
“I picked up stuff I grew u...
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Jim Reynolds is a name you’ve likely never heard, but his free-soloing feats top those of Alex Honnold—if not in difficulty, then in length, commitment, and style.
Chunks of ice hurtled down the headwall. The rime, which coated the top of Fitz Roy like a cap, was melting in the midday sun. A direct hit would be enough to...
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Montannah Kenney, 7, has become the youngest girl to reach the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.
The girl, who lost her father at the age of 3, wanted to climb Kilimanjaro as a way to get closer to him, her mother said.
Weather conditions were among the worst in 10 years during the climb, adding to the challenge.
For a chance t...
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Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Vladimir Visotskiy… Why are successful and famous people so attracted to the mountains? Headhunter Konstantin Borisov knows the answer — he went to the mountains in the difficult life moment and found more than he was looking for.
Midlife crisis strikes us differently — the realisation t...
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