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Ice temperatures of Khumbu glacier in the Mt Everest region have been higher than expected, a scientific research has found, indicating that floods and droughts are likely to become more common, and glacial lake growth along with its hazards will increase in coming decades.
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How much would you spend on a chalk bag? 20 dollars? 40 dollars? The same amount youd spend on a double rack of Black Diamond C4 cams from .3 to no. 6?
Right now on Louis Vuittons website you can purchase the stylish Chalk Nano Bag for $1,590. No, this chalk bag will not help you climb any better. Its not even h...
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Despite challenging conditions Simon Richardson and Mark Robson have made the first ascent of five hitherto unclimbed peaks in the Stikine Range in South-East Alaska, including Peak 7180, one of the highest unclimbed mountains in the region. Richardson reports.
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Three Indian climbers, who claimed that they made it to the roof of the world on May 26, had not even reached Camp IV on Mt Everest this spring season, THT investigation has revealed.
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The revelation comes at a time when local media outlets and communities in the northern Indian stat...
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Doctors predicted Getulio Felipe would never walk after a complication at birth left him with cerebral palsy. But the 14-year-old Brazilian learned to walk at age 7, and on Sunday, April 21, he summited the Punta Penia (3343m) on the Marmolada, the highest point of the Dolomites in Italy.
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Blind British paraclimber Jesse Dufton, guided by his climbing partner Molly Thompson, has repeated world famous trad climb The Old Man of Hoy off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. First ascended by in 1966 by Chris Bonington, Tom Patey and Rusty Baillie, this 6-pitch outing is a true symbol of British rock climbing.
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Earlier this spring, 58 people reportedly summited Kangchenjunga. (Some say the tally is actually 68.) While not a record, this is still a world away from the peak’s lonely history. Tagged as difficult, isolated and “only” the third tallest mountain on Earth, Kangchenjunga is not even a favorite among the 8000’ers.
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Tourists and foreign visitors traveling to Tanzania are advised not to carry with them plastic bags on arrival at the major airports to avoid incursion by the state legal and security machinery.
A man stands among plastic bags at a garbage dump in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ( Getty Images )
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Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park are attempting to rescue four climbers stranded on the challenging Liberty Ridge route to the summit and issued an emergency closure for the route Wednesday.
Liberty Ridge and Carbon Glacier on Mount Rainier. (National Park Service via The Associated Press)
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