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By Jon Rogers (The Sun)
The mummified bodies of three climbers who went missing 59 years ago on Mexico’s highest volcano have been recovered by an army unit.
The three bodies were found on the Pico de Orizaba volcano, the highest peak in Mexico at 5,610 metres (18,405 feet) above sea level located in the states of Ver...
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The report by Italian mountaineer Anna Torretta who with Cecilia Buil from Spain and Ixchel Foord from Mexico made the first ascent of Couloir SW (600m, A1, 6a, M5), a new climb up the virgin Mugu Peaks (5467 meters) in the Karnali district of NW Nepal.
The history of Mugu Valley goes back a long way, it’s relatively unk...
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An adventure-loving six-year-old has set what is believed to be a world record by becoming the youngest person to climb the highest mountain in North Africa.
Joshua Davison scaled the 4,167m peak of Mount Toubkal in Morocco and, making it even more challenging, was the fact it was undertaken in thick snow on a winter asc...
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This article first appeared on Explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
After many headaches and uncertainties, the winter K2 expedition is ready to start climbing in January, according to organizer Artem Braun. Porters reached Base Camp last weekend, the preliminary permit fees have been paid and the final multi...
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The short film of the first winter ascent of Pik Pobeda, carried out by Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger. The highest mountain in Siberia is known as one of coldest places on earth.
Tamara Lunger and Simone Moro on the summit of Pik Pobeda, Siberia on 11 February 2018.
Photo credit: Tamara Lunger
On 11 February 201...
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Such are the achievements of Kilian Jornet, the world’s greatest mountain runner, that he’s started to invite description usually reserved for the supernatural. “I’ve heard he can run all day on a handful of berries.” “Apparently he doesn’t sweat.” “When he won Western States, he tamed a mountain lion on the way round and t...
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40-year-old Swiss alpinist Roger Schaeli has completed a new route up the North Face of the Eiger. Schaeli established Airplane Mode ground-up in the summers 2017 and 2018, with Dimitri Vogt, Bernd Rathmayr and Mayan Smith-Gobat.
Schaeli told planetmountain.com "the route climbs a line to the right of Deep Blue Sea along...
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A former Gurkha soldier joined Armistice commemorations by planting a poppy tribute at the peak of a Himalayan mountain.
Nims Purja, 35, reached the peak of Ama Dablam in the eastern region of Nepal shortly before 11am on Sunday.
Photo credit: instagram.com/nimsdai
Mr Purja said he wanted to do something “very...
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In 2012, US Marine Corps sergeant Kirstie Ennis suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan. Now, against all the odds, shes a mountaineer with plans on a full Everest climb.
“I went over to Nepal and made the trek up to Everest Base Camp. When the skies cleared on the third or fourth day, I saw her for the first time...
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