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Poland’s Paweł Dunaj is preparing to take part in an expedition led by a Spanish climber to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.
The team, led by Spains Alex Txikon, is due to leave for Islamabad in Pakistan on January 2, with plans to set up base camp at Baltoro Glacier 10 days later.
The north side of K...
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An exclusive look at Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison’s historic first descent of Lhotse.
Photography by Nick Kalisz and Dutch Simpson.
Hilaree Nelson watches Jim Morrison buckle his ski boots on the summit of Lhotse as they prep for their first descent. Photo credit: Nick Kalisz
Above Everest Base Camp, look...
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At least 11 climbers successfully scaled Mt Aconcagua (6,962 m), the highest peak in South America.
According to Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, Managing Director at Elite Himalayan Adventures, he along with co-founder Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, climber Narbin Magar and actor Deeya Pun among others scaled the highest mountain in both the...
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This winter’s first expedition team comprising two Pakistani and two European mountaineers and accompanied by 75 local porters on Sunday started developing a new route to climb the killer Nanga Parbat peak.
Meanwhile, two foreign expeditions will attempt to climb K2 this winter, both starting in early January, 2019.
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Katie Sarah has hit 50, but the only way youll find her settling in for a night of Netflix at home is to while away the hours of boredom on her cardio machine.
She is currently in intensive training for her next penultimate challenge in an attempt to reach a milestone that has been 12 years in the making.
The adrenali...
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The bodies of Kristinn Runarsson and Thorsteinn Gudjonsson from Iceland were found at the bottom of a glacier by an American climber three decades after their doomed expedition.
The Scottish mountaineer Steve Aisthorpe spent weeks looking for the pair after they went missing during an October 1988 expedition to climb Pum...
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This article first appeared on Explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Patagonian spires have beckoned climbers like a nearly-mythical El Dorado since the 1980s. The highly technical climbs on pristine granite and ice mushrooms, the fang-like vistas and unpredictable weather have made of Patagonia a must-go for ...
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Kris Machnick is on her way to climb eight routes by her 80th birthday in a few months for fundraising.
“I am a 79-year-old badass climber doing eight major ice and rock routes in different mountain ranges, raising $100,000 for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease research, by end of winter 2019 when I will be 80,” said M...
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The widows of two sherpa climbers, who died on Mount Everest, will try to climb the world’s highest mountain to complete the unfinished ascents of their husbands and hopefully inspire other single women, the pair said on Wednesday.
Furdiki Sherpa’s husband died while fixing ropes for his foreign clients on the 8,850-metr...
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Russia’s Maria Tolokonina and Nikolai Kuzovlev became the first ever UIAA Ice Climbing World Combined Champions on 16 December winning the inaugural edition of the competition which ranks athletes based on their performances in both the speed and lead disciplines. The event – held from 14-16 December – attracted 27 athlete...
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