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As the expedition operators and the world climbers are now busy with the final packing and supplying of climbing logistic to the Mt Everest region, an eight-member team of icefall doctors have started fixing a climbing route up to the Camp II from the base camp in the world’s highest peak.
Chairman Ang Dorjee Sherpa of S...
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Chinas biggest action stars are teaming to conquer Mount Everest.
Hong Kong legend Jackie Chan and Chinese box-office champion Wu Jing are set to co-star in an epic action film about the first Chinese mountaineers to summit the worlds tallest peak.
Tentatively titled Climbers in English, the pic will be directed by Ho...
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The video follows the journey of 34-year-old Matt, who moved from the city to Cederberg to pursue his passion for climbing.
The mini-documentary was shot by Luke Bell and Hloni Coleman. Luke told SAPeople: “The video speaks for itself. It was shot 100% on an iPhone for the Moment 2019 Film Festival.”
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It wasnt their first choice of peaks to climb this winter — but Canadian mountaineer Pascale Marceau and her American climbing partner Lonnie Dupre arent complaining.
On Monday, they completed the first-ever winter ascent of Yukons Mount Wood, Canadas sixth-highest peak.
And Marceau says shes the first woman to climb ...
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Son of mountaineer Frank Smythe tells how his father spotted the remains – but decided he had to keep quiet.
Tony Smythe knew he might find secrets when he came to write a book about his father, the 1930s Everest pioneer Frank Smythe. But he hadnt anticipated they might include Franks discovery of George Mallorys body in...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
“It was the most extraordinary human and alpinist experience I’ve ever had… because it spared my life, it let me taste its violence and its honey, the Queen of the Mountains… the Killer Mountain.” — Daniele Nardi, 2014.
It’s an old ...
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Former U.S. Marine Kirstie Ennis won hearts when she was hugged by Prince Harry at the end of a 1,000-mile walk around Britain.
Now, inspired by the prince and with steely determination and self-motivation, Ennis is aiming to be the first woman with a leg amputated above the knee to climb Mount Everest.
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Google the “Dyatlov Pass incident” and you are going find some incredible theories into the mysterious deaths of nine hikers.
This article originally appeared on VICE Canada.
In the deep cold of a northern Soviet Union February in 1959, nine hikers made camp for the night under the peak in the Ural Mountains known as ...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
After an emotional week leading the searching operations on Nanga Parbat, Alex Txikon is back to what he calls “home” — not the green hills and ragged cliffs of his home Basque Country, but the frozen rocks and glaciers of K2. He and h...
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