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Mike Horn has abandoned on Nanga Parbat.
The South African adventurer had been taking a break from his Pole2Pole project, a circumnavigation of the world via the polar regions, to climb Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. He arrived at Base Camp in early June, but for almost two weeks, southwest winds hammered the upper slopes, brin...
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Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer has begun his solo climb of 7,181m Lupghar Sar West. At last word, he had headed up to 5,200m to acclimatize. He reported unstable weather, with fresh snow every day and winds ripping off the Lupghar Sar summits.
Lupghar Sar West is not a common climber’s objective — there has been no rec...
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Akira Oyabe’s North Japan K2 Expedition opened the Karakoram season earlier this month when they started fixing ropes for their attempt on K2. ExWeb takes a broad look at all the teams currently in the Karakoram, and what to expect this year.
The Savage Mountain
Although the second highest peak in the world, K2 (8,611m)...
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Will our grandchildren manage to see the Himalayas in their entire splendor? Take a moment to read and find out how climate change affects world’s mountains by modifying the mountain terrain beyond the recognition…
Climate change dramatically influences mountains environment. Mountains have warmed up considerably for the...
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It is believed that collectionism is the first sign of insanity. You will agree that those spending their time and money to collect conquered peaks instead of buying stamps or cards may seem weird. Especially it may seem weird for the fact that the gathering of this kind of "collection" is often associated with serious life...
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Blog by Sergey Kofanov
I experienced mountain sickness for the first time when I was 18 years old, during my first training camp in Tien Shan, near Almaty (Kazakhstan). It was my first climb and the altitude was about 4000 meters. The summit has an unpronounceable name: Manshuk-Mametova. Sickness, nose bleeding, diarrhea accompanied me and it all...
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Blog by Luba Pershina
Ecuador is located in the equatorial part of South America and is limited on the north by Colombia, on east and south by Peru and its western part is limited by the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador in Spanish means "equator". The equator line runs 25 kilometres on north from Quito, the capital of the country, at an altitude of 3,000 ...
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Aconcagua is also translated with the name of the Guard Stone. And it is, indeed, the closest meaning matching the reality, because often there is very little snow on the mountain, everything is blown away by a hurricane wind and rock walls are inaccessibly suppressed. The western side of Aconcagua is a shear wall, formed b...
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While wondering where to go this summer, the largest community of opinion leaders Mountainplanet.com completed the task for you and combined the best routes into one list. Read, choose, and pack your luggage!
Did you start to plan your summer? We suggest you to check this list, containing the advice of Mountainplanet.com...
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Blog by Kenneth Mendez Zumbado
Mountain Encyclopedia
This is a database on my Wordpress blog, with a list with +2000 mountains in the world. I am continuously updating the list.
There you can see:
Worlds Highest Mountains (Above Sea Level)
https://mountainencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/montanas-mas-altas-del-mundo/
Most prominent mo...
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