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This article first appeared on http://blooloop.com. The original can be read here. Walltopia, a leading climbing wall manufacturer, has designed, engineered, produced, assembled and route-set the tallest climbing wall in the world. The 80-metre tall climbing wall is built onto the side of CopenHill, a waste-to-energy ...
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This article first appeared on http://www.bbc.com. The original can be read here. By Stephen Watson BBC Sport Northern Ireland An 11-year-old boy from Perthshire has become the youngest person to climb one of the worlds most notorious mountains, the Matterhorn in Switzerland.  Jules Molyneaux made it to the to...
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This article first appeared on http://www.scotsman.com. The original can be read here. by Roger Cox The question of whether George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were the first people to summit Everest in 1924 has puzzled climbers for generations. Almost 100 years after they disappeared into the clouds, Mark Synnott set out...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. by Kristine De Abreu Stepping off the plane in Argentina after 16 hours of travel from their native Macedonia, Aleksandar Kirkovski and Dimitar Todorovski had come to speed walk up the highest mountain in the Americas.  The ent...
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This article first appeared on http://www.grough.co.uk The original can be read here. by Bob Smith Some of Britain’s most illustrious mountaineers are seeking volunteers for a new Everest challenge. Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott are among climbers urging the public to make the ascent – without leaving their ho...
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This article first appeared on http://www.historyextra.com. The original can be read here. Pat Kinsella explores the high-altitude enigma of George Mallory and Andrew Irvines climb, which might one day see the history of Earth’s highest mountain rewritten… Around 1pm on 8 June 1924, George Mallory, one of the era’s le...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. by Martin Walsh Countries around the globe are at very different stages in the fight against COVID-19. Some hope that they have reached the peak, others are taking their first cautious steps out of lockdown and a few are girding up ...
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This article first appeared on http://thenews.com.pk The original can be read here. Mrs Vanessa O’Brien, Pakistan’s Goodwill Ambassador, has taken Pakistan’s flag to the deepest point in the ocean named Challenger Deep, at 10,923 meters. If Everest were put in Challenger Deep, it would still be 2 km under water. During t...
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This article first appeared on http://gearjunkie.com. The original can be read here. by Mary Murphy Is K2 the world’s most dangerous mountain? Without oxygen, it definitely could be. Climbing an 8,000m peak is not for the faint of heart. And last year, mountain guides Carla Perez and Adrian Ballinger successfully s...
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