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Winter mountaineering in the Brenta Dolomites: on the east face of Cima Brenta, Alessandro Beber and Matteo Faletti have made the first ascent of the important new ice and mixed climb CRAM (550m, AI5, M6, 90°). Beber and Faletti report.
Alessandro Beber establishing pitch 9 of CRAM up Cima Brenta (Brenta Dolomites)Phot...
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Think you’re too old to learn new tricks?! How about this amazing 99-year old grandma who just did her first indoor climb…
For Tim Dobson, watching his grandma tie in and start her first ever climb was probably not the calmest moment of his life. Especially 3 days after Christmas, when the common feeling is often one of ...
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This article first appeared on Explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Tom Ballard has begun his ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Diamir Face. The British alpinist has teamed with veteran Italian Daniele Nardi to tackle this ninth tallest mountain in the world (8,126 m). They arrived at Base Camp during the final days ...
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The Basque climber Alex Txikon will be leading a 9-man team, while the Kazakhtani climber Vassily Pivtsov will be leading a 7-man team.
K2 is about to be bustling: This winter there will be two different teams—comprised of at climbers from at least six different countries—on the mountain. Will this be the year that all 8...
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The film Zabardast directed by Jérôme Tanon that documents a trip into the heart of the Karakorum to explore the potential for freeride skiing in Pakistan. The highlight was the ski descent of 5880m high Biacherahi. With Thomas Delfino, Léo Taillefer, Zak Mills, Yannick Graziani and Hélias Millerioux.
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Colin O’Brady has earned himself another world record by becoming the first person to complete a solo, unaided trip across Antarctica.
The 33-year-old American athlete and explorer began his journey almost two months ago and finally finished the 932-mile trek on Wednesday. He started to cross the final 77.54 miles early ...
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The widows of two sherpa climbers, who died on Mount Everest, will try to climb the world’s highest mountain to complete the unfinished ascents of their husbands and hopefully inspire other single women, the pair said on Wednesday.
Furdiki Sherpa’s husband died while fixing ropes for his foreign clients on the 8,850-metr...
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This article first appeared on Explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Patagonian spires have beckoned climbers like a nearly-mythical El Dorado since the 1980s. The highly technical climbs on pristine granite and ice mushrooms, the fang-like vistas and unpredictable weather have made of Patagonia a must-go for ...
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This winter’s first expedition team comprising two Pakistani and two European mountaineers and accompanied by 75 local porters on Sunday started developing a new route to climb the killer Nanga Parbat peak.
Meanwhile, two foreign expeditions will attempt to climb K2 this winter, both starting in early January, 2019.
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