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Two Sherpa climbers successfully scaled Mt Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe.
According to Mingma David Sherpa, he along with Chhang Dawa Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, stood atop the 5,642-metre peak. “We reached the summit point at around 6:40 am and we are now on the way back to base camp,” Sherpa said.
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On 13th July 2018, around 8:15am, Pemba Sherpa disappeared down a crevasse above Camp-I (around 5750m). He was on his way back from the summit of Saser Kangri IV (7416m) with four other climbers.
Between 13th July and 15th July, efforts by the team members and Sherpas proved fruitless. The leader of this expedit...
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This article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The original can be read here.
After 40 years and over 30 attempts by some of the world’s best alpinists, the North Ridge of Latok I has finally been climbed by Luka Stražar and Aleš Česen of Slovenia, and Tom Livingstone of the U.K.
Latok I from Base Camp. How much would...
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From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, comes FREE SOLO.
It is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most fa...
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After choosing from a short list of 58 notable climbs around the world, the 2018 Piolets d’Or jury bestowed the award on Zdeněk Hák and Marek Holeček (Czech Republic) for their ascent of Gasherbrum I’s southwest face, Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima (Japan) for their ascent of the northeast face of Shispare, and Frédéric ...
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This article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The original can be read here.
The 2018 Karakoram season began with strong winds and heavy snowfall. By early July, it seemed that this might be another quiet summit year. Unlike Everest, K2 isnt climbed every season. The weather turned abruptly on July 14, and a solid week of...
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It has been revealed that two mountaineers were taken to the world’s highest mountain for an expedition by producing a ‘fake climbing permit’ in the last spring season.
According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), renowned Australian climber Ian James Hibbert, 67, and Chinese mountaineer Xu Zhong Zhou, 62, had never obt...
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Mountaineer from Petersburg Alexander Gukov, who was blocked for several days on the slope of the Latok-1 in Pakistan, has been rescued and taken to a hospital, according to coordinator of the rescue team Anna Piunova.
"He was rescued, they are flying to the hospital of city of Skardu," Piunova said. She added that the r...
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This achievement adds to his collection of world records and he has another challenge in mind.
Because climbing the highest peaks on seven continents just wasnt enough for Colin OBrady, he had to go and climb to the highest points in all 50 states, didnt he?
Yes, he did, and OBrady finished at the top of Mount Hood ...
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