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(CNN) Mandy Moore posted about her and her friends hiking to Mount Everests base camp around the time an American lawyer became the 11th person to die during the climbing season.
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In a long posting on her official Instagram account Monday the "This Is Us" star shared severa...
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Nature, art and history lovers all catered for in wonderful outdoor adventures
Nelson Mandela Bay has firmly established itself as a premier sports tourism destination and with events like Ironman and The Herald Continental Cycle Tour taking place annually, the city has become synonymous with outdoor activities.
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A fell runner has set a new record for tackling all of Alfred Wainwrights 214 Lake District peaks.
Paul Tierney ran 318 miles (511 km) starting and finishing in Keswick and ascending a total of 36,000m (118,000ft) in six days and six hours.
The 36-year-old running coach, based in Windermere, raised more than ...
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American alpinist Steve House has created a free video series entitled Alpine Principles to teach the climbing community how to make better decisions in the mountains.
One of the world’s leading alpinists, Steve House, has created a free 5-part video series entitled Alpine Principles aimed at teaching the climbing commun...
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A near-death experience led an adventurous mountain climber to find a career in nursing.
Ian Overton, 34, attempted to summit Nanga Parbat a couple of years ago, but fell ill along the way. Nanga Parbat is the 9th tallest mountain in the world and is nicknamed, "The Killer Mountain."
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Sherpa guides say true climbers know when to turn back
The spring climbing season has ended with at least nine fatalities on Mt Everest, but none of the climbers’ died due to congestion on the world’s highest peak, claim Sherpa guides.
Climbers ascending Mt Everest on May 22. Photo Courtesy: Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja
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Summit of Mont Blanc on June 26, 2019 at the end of the afternoon...
With the exceptional heat wave and the absence of wind, many paragliders have been able to land on... the summit of Mont Blanc (4808 M-Haute Savoie-France). They all took off 2000 m lower before they raised thanks to the exceptional ancestries!
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Tourists and foreign visitors traveling to Tanzania are advised not to carry with them plastic bags on arrival at the major airports to avoid incursion by the state legal and security machinery.
A man stands among plastic bags at a garbage dump in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ( Getty Images )
Tourist companies operating ...
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Blind British paraclimber Jesse Dufton, guided by his climbing partner Molly Thompson, has repeated world famous trad climb The Old Man of Hoy off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. First ascended by in 1966 by Chris Bonington, Tom Patey and Rusty Baillie, this 6-pitch outing is a true symbol of British rock climbing.
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Polish duo Jarosław Gawrysiak and Wojtek Flaczyński reached the summit of Nanda Devi East. They left from Camp 3 at 6,800m, after a week-long summit push. At last word, the climbers had descended to 7,313m. Conditions were initially g...
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