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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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by SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said 33 emergency workers were killed, 53 were injured and others are still buried under the s...
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This article first appeared on http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca. The original can be read here. Logan Foth took on an internet challenge that saw him climbing as high as the infamous Mount Everest from the comfort of a Saskatoon gym.    Logan Foth works toward his goal of climbing the height of Mount Everest on a Jacobs ...
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This article first appeared on http://www.dawn.com. The original can be read here. by Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: Denis Urubko and two members of his expedition aborted their ascent of the 12th highest mountain in the world. The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said the mountaineers retreated on Broad Peak after reaching 7,6...
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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://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 https://explorersweb.com/. The original can be read here. by Angela Benavides In a brief report today, Denis Urubko cited “very hard conditions” on Broad Peak. Coming from him, this surely means it’s hell. Indeed, Urubko, Don Bowie and Lotta Hintsa have endured a lot of wind and snow on ...
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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.reuters.com. The original can be read here. by Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Having scaled Africa’s highest mountain during the offseason, former world number one Garbine Muguruza hopes to reach new heights at the Australian Open after suffering a tumble down the world rank...
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