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Timaru-born mountainer Chris Jensen Burke has added Mt Kanchenjunga to her list of conquered peaks.
The 49-year-old successfully climbed the 8586 m high mountain - the 10th peak she has conquered with summits over 8000m - which sits on the border of Nepal and India, after a failed expedition last year.
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Climbing alpine style from 11 - 13 May, French alpinists Leo Billon, Sebastien Moatti and Sebastien Ratel belonging to Group Militaire de haute montagne (CMHM) have repeated the impressive North Face of Changabang (6864 m) in the Garhwal Himalaya in India.
Three days only. This is the astounding speed with which French t...
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A 37-year old Sherpa climber has become the youngest mountaineer in the world to successfully scale the world’s highest mountain for the 21st time.
Ngima Nuru Sherpa from Teso village near Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, along with other climbers reached the summit point of Mt Everest from Tibet side, the expedition organiser s...
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Lets go on with climbing movies. Weve got Part Two today. Please have a look at it. Some films you might have already seen, some of them youve mentioned in your comments here (thank you for that). Have fun!
1. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin...
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An Italian astronaut has become the second man in the world to both fly in space and climb the world’s highest mountain.
Maurizio Cheli, 59, who has logged over 377 hours in space, successfully climbed Mt Everest this morning, according to Thaneswar Guragai, an official at the Seven Summit Treks. “Cheli and Francois Cazzan...
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This morning 8:30 AM Kami Rita Sherpa made 22 successful ascents of Mt. Everest as a part of Seven Summit Treks Everest Expedition!
8:30AM on 16th, May 2018 (Nepal time), Kami Rita summited the higest peak Everest (8,848m) for 22 times and broke the world record titled “Most ascents of Everest - Male.”
“Kami Rita being th...
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A Nepali woman climber today broke her own world record by scaling Mt Everest for the ninth time.
Lhakpa Sherpa (44) stood atop the summit of world’s highest mountain for the ninth time from the North Col (Tibetan side) as a handful of climbers got a fair window to make their final summit pushes this morning, according to ...
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#MountainAlphabet is back again. Hope you missed us as we did miss you. So which letter is the next on our list - its definitely letter C! Mountains starting with C… Inner voice says it should be Cotopaxi!
Ecuador has always been a sort of Mecca for adventure seekers and mountain enthusiasts around the world. The countr...
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Australian Steve Plain has become the fastest climber to scale the highest peaks in seven continents, taking 117 days for a feat popularly called the "Seven Summits", after he scaled Mount Everest early on Monday, his expedition company in Nepal said.
Plain, 36, who hails from Albury, Australia, reached the 8,850-metre (29...
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