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A short drive from Marrakech lies a heavenly retreat, stunning views and . . . tough climbs
The heart of a walnut is a delicious, nutritious and surprisingly beauteous thing. Such are my musings on a trekking tour of the High Atlas Mountains where, in the midday heat, I value the shade of the walnut trees on the arid re...
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Vinicius Todero reports about a 40-day climbing trip to southern Greenland with fellow Brazilian climber Marcos Costa in August 2018, during which the two repeated the famous Moby Dick on Ulamertorsuaq and, on the west face of the same mountain, established a 1000m new climb called Quajanaq. This shares sections of Moby Dic...
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Everyone here seems to know Jan Morris, even the waitress at the local fish restaurant. “Have you met Jan before?” she asks as Morris materializes from what, due to a trick of the light, looks to be the ocean itself, clouds of white hair wafting and fluffing around her face.
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Malaysian climber Wui Kin Chin, who was rescued alive from above Camp IV on Mt Annapurna yesterday and evacuated from the world’s tenth highest mountain this morning, is presently receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Kathmandu.
Kin Chin’s health condition is known to be critical at...
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While the climbing world’s attention shifts towards light, no-O2 climbs on 8000’ers such as Kangchenjunga, Annapurna or Dhaulagiri, Mount Everest continues to fascinate the general public. With a record 375 climbing permits issued this year, the south side Base Camp teems with expeditions beginning their first partial climb...
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For Will Gadd, “fear and danger are constant – they remind me to pay attention.”
The places Gadd works in “are really hazardous,” he said. “If you are not afraid of that environment, something is wrong with you.”
Where most see a remote and unforgiving landscape, Gadd sees a playground. There’s no mountain high enough...
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A foreign climber has gone missing on Mt Annapurna since last evening, the expedition organiser said.
According to Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, Wui Kin Chin from Malaysia went missing while descending from the summit point of the 8,091-metre peak.
At least 32 climbers made it to the summit point of M...
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Spring is here and if you haven’t dusted off your hiking shoes you better have a good excuse-like a broken leg or recent ACL surgery. The whole season is spread out before you for walking out into the showy extravagance of nature, and here are the best places in America to do that in one day.
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This afternoon multiple climbers marked the first ascent of 8000 m in this spring 2019 by making the successful ascent of Mt. Annapurna I situated at an altitude of 8091 m / 26,545 ft. As per the last update by director of Seven Summit Treks Chhang Dawa Sherpa from the base camp at least 32 Climbers including climbing Sherp...
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