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20/20 looks back on female accomplishments in climbing and skiing from the past 20 years.
Hilaree Nelson. Photo credit: Nick Kalisz
With interviews from eight successful female mountaineers, climbers, and skiers, viewers receive insight to the struggles and highlights of being a women among traditionally male-d...
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Polish ski daredevil Andrzej Bargiel has announced that he will be attempting to climb and ski down Mt Everest (8848 m) this autumn. Speaking to redbull.com, Bargiel said that he would be attempting the feat without unfastening the skis and without additional oxygen, something which has never been done before.
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A toddler, who climbed his first mountain at two-weeks-old on his dad’s back, has become the youngest person ever to climb Britain’s highest mountains - aged just three years old.
Jaxon Krzysik pictured on his climb of Scafell Pike in England, has become the youngest ever person to climb the Three Peaks. CREDIT: CAL K...
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Dr. Francesco Cassardo, the Italian mountaineer injured last Saturday at over 6300 meters on Gasherbrum VII, has been airlifted to safety. The rescue efforts by Carlalberto Cala Cimenti, Denis Urubko, Don Bowie, Jaroslaw Zdanowich and Janusz Adamski and also Marco Confortola proved to be of fundamental importance.
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Last week, an American team made the first ascent of Link Sar — at 7,042m, one of the world’s highest unclimbed peaks. The sought-after prize lies in a remote corner of northern Pakistan, south of K2.
The summit of Link Sar West...
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At least five Nepali climbers including Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja successfully climbed the world’s second-highest peak this morning.
Five Nepali climbers who stood atop Mt K2 this morning. Photo Courtsey: Mingma David Sherpa
According to Mingma David Sherpa, who is now at the base camp of Mt K2, Purja-led team of rope ...
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Anne Lorimor wasnt willing to let go of her title without a fight.
Photo credit: www.climbkilimanjaroguide.com
The Arizona woman had climbed Tanzanias Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, a few years back, according to Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV, becoming the oldest woman to summit i...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
The last summit push of the season on the Karakorum 8000’ers, and definitely a grand finale, could lead to the first new line opened this year on one of the 14 great ones, after failed spring attempts on Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Evere...
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An international mountain guide has successfully climbed the world’s 13th highest mountain in the Karakoram Range last week, becoming the first Nepali climber to make the most ascents of 8,000-metre peaks without using supplemental oxygen.
Mingma Gyalje Sherpa on Gasherbrum II summit on July 25, 2019
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Five Sherpas have fixed the rope upto Camp III (6800m) on Mt Manaslu. The team of Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks, under the management of EOA (Expedition Operator Association, Nepal) fixed the rope lines up to camp III.
“Ngima Dorchi Sherpa, Namja Bhote, Kaji Sherpa, Rinjee Sherpa and Tenji Chumbi Sherpa 5 She...
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