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The incident happened in the Number 5 Gully area, following an earlier warning that the avalanche risk was high.
Three climbers have died and two have been injured after an avalanche on the UKs tallest mountain, Ben Nevis.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Police were informed that the avalanche had occurred in...
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Before the 1865 survey that led to rechristening the world’s tallest peak, the peoples of the Indian subcontinent spoke of it as a goddess, a giant that watched over the world.
Known as Chomolungma (Goddess Mother of the World) in T...
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The video follows the journey of 34-year-old Matt, who moved from the city to Cederberg to pursue his passion for climbing.
The mini-documentary was shot by Luke Bell and Hloni Coleman. Luke told SAPeople: “The video speaks for itself. It was shot 100% on an iPhone for the Moment 2019 Film Festival.”
The insp...
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Aquaman star Jason Momoa stands on the Dolby Theatre stage in LA, holding that famous red envelope. “And the Oscar goes to …”
At stake is the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Among the nominees is Free Solo, a dizzyingly compelling film about Las Vegas climber Alex Honnold’s ropeless ascent of the 3,000-foot El C...
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After an emotional week leading the searching operations on Nanga Parbat, Alex Txikon is back to what he calls “home” — not the green hills and ragged cliffs of his home Basque Country, but the frozen rocks and glaciers of K2. He and h...
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Malavath Poorna, the youngest girl to summit Mount Everest when she was just 13 years old, has added another feather in her cap. Now at 18, she has scaled another major peak the Cartensz Pyramid which stands at a height of 4884m in Indonesia.
As part of her 7-Summits Challenge, which is about scaling the seven tallest ...
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Former U.S. Marine Kirstie Ennis won hearts when she was hugged by Prince Harry at the end of a 1,000-mile walk around Britain.
Now, inspired by the prince and with steely determination and self-motivation, Ennis is aiming to be the first woman with a leg amputated above the knee to climb Mount Everest.
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Fifteen days after setting off up the Southeast Face of 7,710m Mount Jannu, Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko remain on the mountain.
The Russian duo have spent the last three days descending the Southwestern side of the mountain...
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It wasnt their first choice of peaks to climb this winter — but Canadian mountaineer Pascale Marceau and her American climbing partner Lonnie Dupre arent complaining.
On Monday, they completed the first-ever winter ascent of Yukons Mount Wood, Canadas sixth-highest peak.
And Marceau says shes the first woman to climb ...
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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 49 will be climbing Mount Everest for the 23rd time this season.
Sherpa who stood on top of Mount Everest in 2018 to be the only man to summit the world’s highest mountain 22 times is looking to break his own record.
Sherpa will be the lead guide for mountaineering company...
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