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This article first appeared on http://www.welovecycling.com. The original can be read here. by Frantiska Blazkova Although Göran Kropp left us when he was only 35, he managed to accomplish amazing things that most of us can only dream of. Göran’s fascination with mountain climbing allegedly started as early as 1972, w...
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The Associated Press Pakistans military launched a helicopter evacuation of a Canadian and a Finnish mountain climbers who were stranded on a peak in the countrys north, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan.  Inter Services Public Relations via AP The two climbers -- Donald Allen Bowie of Canada and Lotta H...
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This article first appeared on https://explorersweb.com/. The original can be read here. by Angela Benavides Update: Denis Urubko was originally determined not to waste the next weather window and head for the summit directly from BC. But today, January 24, he admitted that the route wasn’t quite ready and they need t...
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER An explorer has become the first Briton to climb the world’s remotest mountain – one so isolated only ten people have ever seen it.  He became only the third person to reach its 6,630ft summit, and the first to have completed the expedition by reaching the mountain by land without the use of a...
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This article first appeared on http://economictimes.indiatimes.com. The original can be read here. Kaamya Karthikeyan, a class seven student of Navy Children School (NCS) in Mumbai, became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America.    Credit: Facebook (KaamyaKarthikeyan...
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This article first appeared on http://www.planetmountain.com. The original can be read here. After 4 days and 40 hours of climbing, the two Italian mountain guides François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti completed the first winter enchainment of the Furggen chain, Matterhorn, Grandes Murailles chain and Petites Murailles...
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This article first appeared on http://www.runnersworld.com. The original can be read here. by ANDREW DAWSON Kilian Jornet is always up to something: Breaking the records for the fastest ascent and descent on Mount Everest, winning some of the biggest ultramarathons in the world—including the 2017 Hardrock Endurance Ru...
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This article first appeared on http://www.icelandreview.com. The original can be read here. by Ragnar Tómas  Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjónsson is currently hoping to become the first person in history to ascend K2 during winter. “One understands why no one has been able to summit the mountain in wintertim...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. by Angela Benavides Denis Urubko just couldn’t wait for the wide weather window expected to open by Feb 22. He is going up now, even if he has to endure gale-force winds on his solo rush to Camp 7. In a brief text to his partner, Pi...
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This article first appeared on http://www.thecourier.co.uk. The original can be read here. by Daniel Boal Lee Chapman was riding his motorbike near Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire in April 2016 when the collision happened.    The 34-year-old was “losing a lot of blood” when the Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance ...
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