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Earlier this spring, 58 people reportedly summited Kangchenjunga. (Some say the tally is actually 68.) While not a record, this is still a world away from the peak’s lonely history. Tagged as difficult, isolated and “only” the third tallest mountain on Earth, Kangchenjunga is not even a favorite among the 8000’ers.
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Everest is the center of attention again: during the spring season, 2019, more than 10 people deceased while climbing the highest mountain of the world... Stop-stop — and is Chomolungma the MOST high mountain of the world? And how much should one be sure of its altitude?
This is the opinion of Yury Molodtsov — read the h...
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Rock climber Alex Honnold meticulously chalked his hands before pulling himself up to the thin ledge inside the climate-controlled climbing gym. He dangled by his finger tips for a bit and then fell back to the bouncy mat.
Honnold at VauxWall East climbing centre in London. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
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Climber who captured viral image of Mount Everest traffic is on a quest to conquer the worlds 14 highest peaks in record-breaking time.
The project is about showing whats possible within human endurance.
Nirmal Purja, better known as Nims, is on a mission to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in 7 months. Imag...
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Hidden Peak is the latest 8000’er summited this season, but things are also moving fast on neighbouring Gasherbrum II and on K2. On Nanga Parbat, meanwhile, the job is done, and it’s time to head home.
Marco Confortola (left) with Maria Cardell and Denis Urubko in Gasherbrum Base Camp. Urubko and Cardell are acclimati...
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She clung to the sheer rock face barefoot with no safety ropes or climbing gear in sight. To her left, the enormous stone head of George Washington protruded from the side of the granite mountain. An equally impressive likeness of Thomas Jefferson boxed her in from the right. About 15 feet above her was the top of Mount Rus...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Turns out that it’s not over on K2. While most big teams have called off their expedition because of the extreme avalanche danger near the summit, Nirmal Purja is leading a rope-fixing crew on a last-ditch attempt, closely followed by ...
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This article first appeared on http://www.nytimes.com. The original can be read here.
On Western Europe’s highest mountain, the number of inexperienced climbers is growing and climate change is taking a toll. Are new safety measures enough?
Every summer at least 20,000 people attempt the 15,776-foot summit of Mon...
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Selfies weren’t in then. Therefore there is no picture of the New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of Mount Everest. It would have been too complicated to explain the camera to Tenzing Norgay up there at 8,850 meters, Hillary said later. And so the first ascender of Everest photographed his Nepalese companion at t...
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The man who took the most shocking Everest photo of the year is about to break one of mountaineerings stoutest records.
You probably saw the photo of a traffic jam high on Mount Everest. The picture, shot on May 22 from below the summit ridge, quickly went viral, landing on the homepage of The New York Times, t...
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