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Ok, we talked about movies about a week ago. Lets pass over to books about climbing and climbers, about how it is — to be brave and move ahead. Some of them still cause a lot of dispute. Please share your opinion, maybe itll be quite the opposite. Dont forget to tell us what other climbing books you know — were keen on read...
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#MountainAlphabet is back and we’ve got the next letter – B! Mountains starting with B… There are some well-known, but we’ll take Mount Baker in the USA. Actually, it’s an active glaciated stratovolcano with the height of 3286 m. So please meet Mr. or Ms. Baker!
According to American mountaineers, Mount Baker is one of th...
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Veteran Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria (79) came to Nepal once again to climb Dhaulagiri for the eighth time. In 1998 he first attempted to summit the mountain but failed. Since then he has attempted six more times but was unable to make it to the top. In the spring of 2017 he reached the highest point (7800m probably), a...
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Heres a list of five most famous movies about climbing, mountains, mountaineering, mountain adventures, extreme sports and natural extreme situations. Perhaps, youve already seen them — or you might never have heard about any. Enjoy!
1. Cliffhanger (1993)
A botched mid-air heist results with suitcases full of cash being s...
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Eight renowned mountaineers who have successfully climbed various mountains of the world including Mt Everest in 1978 are now in Nepal to mark the 40th anniversary of their summit.
Amid a special ceremony organized here on Thursday, the heroes of mountain fraternity from various countries were honored by Minister for Cultu...
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Kami Rita Sherpa (48) from Thame village of Solukhumbu district will attempt to climb the world’s highest mountain from Nepal side this spring. In case of success it will be his 22nd time on the summit. Moreover, woman climber Lhakpa Sherpa is going to ascend Everest from Tibet side for the 9th time.
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Alpinism has no age. When you are full of strength and ambition - you are young. Mountains have this magic that keeps the spirit.
A 79-year-old woman from Tokyo Eiko Funahashi is planning to climb Everest this spring. This is her 4th attempt to scale the mountain. She’s got a chance to become the oldest woman on the world’...
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Mountains are so numerous that MountainPlanet.com decided they should have their own alphabet. Well name the project MountainAlphabet and recall mountains from A to Z. Let’s start today with letter A! A... hmm... let us think a bit... It should be Aconcagua which attracts climbers from all over the world!
Aconcagua is th...
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