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A 71-year-old Polish climber has been evacuated from the high camp of Mt Makalu.
According to Mingma Sherpa, Company Director at Seven Summit Treks, Lech Wieslaw Flaczynski from Poland was airlifted from 6,600 m on the world’s fifth highest mountain after the climber suffered from altitude sickness while descending from th...
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Roger Cook who was born and raised in Douglas has broken a British climbing record.
Mr Cook, 68, is the oldest British man to complete a climb to a height of over 8,000m which he achieved during an expedition to the Himalayas which included a climb to the summit of Cho Oyu.
Mr Cook, who is now retired and lives in Wiltshi...
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Never say that extreme sports are dangerous. Sad news came from USA: climber Charlotte Fox, survivor of Everest 1996 tragedy and one of the characters of “Into Thin Air” and “The Climb” books, died after the fall from a flight of steep stairs at home. She was only 61 years old. RIP
Charlotte Fox returning from Everest ...
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Alex Honnold confirmed with Alpinist earlier today that he and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on the Nose of El Capitan on May 30, climbing the approximately 3,000-foot route in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds.
"Hiking down.... Psyched," he texted. The previous record of 2:19:44 was set last October by Brad Gobright...
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Brian Dagg was about to hop into his first shower for 19 days when the Otago Daily Times tracked him down in Anchorage yesterday. He had just arrived in the Alaskan city two days after climbing Denali (formerly Mt McKinley) to complete the seven summits - the highest peaks of the seven continents.
The Queenstown shepherd r...
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#MountainAlphabet is greeting you! We have letter D on our menu. What is it? A dessert? Not exactly :)
Its Denali - one of the most beautiful mountains in the world.
Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America with a summit elevation of 6,190 m. It is a highly desired objective for more than a 1,000 aspirants eac...
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Nepal honoured several Sherpa guides for their Everest successes on the anniversary of the first conquest of the worlds highest peak.
Government minister Bina Magar, herself an Everest climber, honoured the guides at a ceremony held every year on the date in 1953 that New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his guide Tenzing Norg...
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Most ascents by a female, most ascents by a male, the first double-amputee to summit the south side, and more – 2018 will go down as one of the most successful years ever on Mt. Everest.
Record Year: 2018 Everest Climbing Season
Everest-chronicler Alan Arnette estimates the number of successful summits from both sides o...
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Arjun Vajpai became the youngest person in the world to scale six peaks over 8,000 metres when he summited the treacherous Kangchenjunga.
But the real pinnacle, says the 24-year-old, would be when he achieves the "grand slam" of mountaineering - scaling all 14 mountains over 8,000 metres across the world.
On May 20, the N...
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