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It is an unusual sight for the famous but remote sandstone monolith known as Uluru: dense lines of eager climbers snaking up its reddish-brown surface, headed toward the peak of a rock sacred to the Indigenous Australians who live nearby.
Climbers on Uluru in Central Australia on Wednesday. A prohibition on climbing t...
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On July 29, Gábor Rakonczay reached the summit of 4,808m Mont Blanc. To many, knocking off the highest peak in Europe would be enough. But for the Hungarian extreme athlete, who canoed solo across the Atlantic in 2012 and reached the S...
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With the year’s autumn climbing activities gaining momentum in Nepal, the country’s unclimbed peaks are all set to receive the first-ever climbers, according to the Department of Tourism.
The Panpoche-I team. Photo credit: Marco Camandona
Rameshwar Niraula, a DoT official, said that the department issued climbing...
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Rock climber Kaitlin Heatherly doesn’t mince words.
Photo: @k8iecatheatherly/Instagram
“I placed last in the World Championship, and I’m f***ing stoked about it,” she said in Dead Last, a short documentary produced by REI.
The outdoor giant featured Heatherly and her journey to the World Championship for good...
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A former UK’s Special Forces member has successfully climbed Mt Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, completing his 13th eight-thousander in just over five months.
Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja (36), had set another world record by successfully scaling 13 peaks above 8,000 m in 158 days, officials said.
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A French politician has hit back at claims he changed the angle in a photograph to make the his ascent of an icy summit in the Alps seem more perilous.
The picture posted by Éric Woerth claiming to show himself climbing the Glacier d’Argentière and a version showing the discrepancies. Composite: @ericwoerth
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Three years ago Adam Enderwitz was using a wheelchair but against all odds he’s conquered Scotlands highest mountain.
Adam Enderwitz sends out a defiant message after climbing to the top of Ben Nevis (Image: Daily Record)
A courageous climber has scaled Scotland’s highest mountain despite fighting multiple sclero...
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Single-use plastic has been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amount of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said.
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In addition to seeing a record number of climbers this year, a government-led cleaning initiative on Everest also collected over 10 tonnes of tr...
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At least two world record holder alpinists among 10 foreign climbers are all set to attempt to scale Mt Everest in the autumn season, according to the expedition organisers.
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Polish ski daredevil Andrzej Bargiel, ultra-runner Spaniard Kilian Jornet, President at Mountain Hardware Brand a...
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A Royal Marine veteran from north-west England has been criticised for leaving a rowing machine close to the summit of Mont Blanc.
Credit: MATTHEW DISNEY
Matthew Disney attempted to climb Western Europes highest mountain with the machine on 30 August.
But as he neared the summit, weather conditions were t...
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