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A fell runner has set a new record for tackling all of Alfred Wainwrights 214 Lake District peaks.
Paul Tierney ran 318 miles (511 km) starting and finishing in Keswick and ascending a total of 36,000m (118,000ft) in six days and six hours.
The 36-year-old running coach, based in Windermere, raised more than ...
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10 Polish climbers are all set to summit Nanda Devi East/ Sunanda Devi (7434m), located in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Proceeding from the Advanced Base Camp, the team is now supposed to lead towards the summit of this eastern peak of Nanda Devi (7816m) in the Kumaun Himalayas. As per the updates received yesterday, th...
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38-year-old Ecuadorian climber Karl Egloff surpassed the Denali speed record, a climb up and down Americas tallest mountain, by just four minutes on Thursday, clocking a time of 11 hours and 44 minutes. He said it was a great honor for the people of his home continent of South America.
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As climbers continue to die in the Himalayas, a look back at the conquest of the tallest mountain in the world.
The mountains are deceptively calm. Snow-covered, sometimes they blaze bright enough to blind. They appear indifferent to the tiny travelers on their backs — these European men in the waning years of the Britis...
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Two Swiss mountaineers landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday before heading for the top of Europes tallest peak with police in pursuit, the French gendarme said.
Hikers on the Mont Blanc massif. File photo: AFP
The pair landed the aircraft at 4,450 metres on the famous...
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An Italian diplomat and two mountaineering workers in Pakistan said on Monday that an avalanche had stranded a group of four Italian and three Pakistani climbers on a mountain in the countrys north.
Photo credit: AP / Musaf Zaman Kazmi
A tour operator, Ashraf Aman, who arranged the expedition, said the avalanche ...
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Shes the youngest person in history to climb the iconic 3,000-foot route
Selah Schneiter, 10, is small for her age, weighing just 55 pounds and standing four foot two. She loves math and playing guitar and is “silly and plays make believe,” says her mom, Joy.
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She is also the youngest document...
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In September 2019 the Polish mountaineer Krzysztof Wielicki will receive the Piolets dOr Carrière 2019. In the past this prize has been awarded to Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott, Robert Paragot, Kurt Diemberger, John Roskelley, Chris Bonington, Wojciech Kurtyka, Jeff Lowe and Andrej Štremfelj.
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As monsoon season settles into the Himalaya, it’s time to turn slightly further east, to the Karakorum. Here, porters and climbers are already approaching the base of Pakistan’s five 8000’ers. A number of climbing stars and innovative teams will share these peaks with ever more numerous commercial expeditions. This year we ...
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