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Rising temperatures in the Himalayas, home to most of the world’s tallest mountains, will melt at least one-third of the region’s glaciers by the end of the century even if the world’s most ambitious climate change targets are met, according to a report released Monday. If those goals are not achieved, and global warming...
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The Union of Asian Alpine Association honoured mountaineer Mingma Gyabu Sherpa with one of the Piolets d’Or Asia Awards for his commitment to technical face climbing and positive environmental stewardship in the mountains. Amidst a function organised by the Nepal Mountaineering Association, UAAA President Inn Jeoung Lee ...
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Two years ago, on a flight to New Zealand, I watched the film Everest, in which adventurers get stuck on the mountain in a blizzard. I immediately knew I had to start climbing. It’s not the reaction most people have to that film, because almost everyone dies; maybe I just needed more adventure in my life. But six months lat...
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“Free Solo” climbed to the top of the Oscars, winning best documentary feature. The film about rock climber Alex Honnold’s quest to ascend the famed El Capitan rock formation at Yosemite National Park without ropes in June 2017 was honored on Sunday night. Husband-and-wife directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasar...
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Ordinary visitors will be able to go to areas around Rongpo monastery, but only those with climbing permits can go to the base camp and higher. The ‘indefinite’ move was confirmed after reports circulated online that the popular area had been permanently shut down. The Mount Everest base camp in Tibet will be closed t...
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On January 18, 2019, Sona Armenian became the oldest woman to summit Mount Aconcagua at 70 years and a few weeks of age. Aconcagua, formed volcanically and standing at 22,841 feet, is the highest mountain in South America. As such, it is one of the “seven sisters” – the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. ...
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After strapping on all the required safety gear like helmets and crampons for our boots, Margo Talbot gives one last piece of advice before she starts climbing a wall of ice. “If any ice starts coming down, move.” Talbot is an ice climbing veteran, but safety is still at the front of her mind. “I don’t call ice cli...
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A veteran climber has revived plans to tackle a Himalayan peak that had to be abandoned two years ago when he was diagnosed with cancer. Mick Fowler will again team up with Vic Saunders for the expedition to the unclimbed mountain this spring. The pair will set off at the end of March for a planned alpine-style ascent...
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This adventure seeker decided to abseil backwards into an active volcano - before doing a handstand on the edge. Daredevil Christopher Horsley descended into three lava-filled craters - one of which has never been explored before - during a two month expedition in the South Pacific last year.  The 26-year-old,...
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Rose Torphy, mother of three and great-grandmother of 10, became the Grand Canyon National Park’s oldest Junior Ranger during her January visit to Grand Canyon National Park.  Photo Courtesy of Cheryl L Torphy Stoneburner Torphy first visited the park in 1985 and fell for the beautiful vistas and unique natural fe...
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A former special forces soldier will be attempting to summit the 14 highest mountains on Earth in just seven months. Nirmal Purja, known as Nims, plans to defeat at least seven speed world records on mountains over 8,000m high. “I am doing this because I believe I can, I am the one in this world who can do it,” he tol...
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The incident happened in the Number 5 Gully area, following an earlier warning that the avalanche risk was high. Three climbers have died and two have been injured after an avalanche on the UKs tallest mountain, Ben Nevis. A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Police were informed that the avalanche had occurred in...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. Before the 1865 survey that led to rechristening the world’s tallest peak, the peoples of the Indian subcontinent spoke of it as a goddess, a giant that watched over the world. Known as Chomolungma (Goddess Mother of the World) in T...
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The video follows the journey of 34-year-old Matt, who moved from the city to Cederberg to pursue his passion for climbing. The mini-documentary was shot by Luke Bell and Hloni Coleman. Luke told SAPeople: “The video speaks for itself. It was shot 100% on an iPhone for the Moment 2019 Film Festival.”  The insp...
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Aquaman star Jason Momoa stands on the Dolby Theatre stage in LA, holding that famous red envelope. “And the Oscar goes to …” At stake is the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Among the nominees is Free Solo, a dizzyingly compelling film about Las Vegas climber Alex Honnold’s ropeless ascent of the 3,000-foot El C...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. After an emotional week leading the searching operations on Nanga Parbat, Alex Txikon is back to what he calls “home” — not the green hills and ragged cliffs of his home Basque Country, but the frozen rocks and glaciers of K2. He and h...
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Malavath Poorna, the youngest girl to summit Mount Everest when she was just 13 years old, has added another feather in her cap.  Now at 18, she has scaled another major peak the Cartensz Pyramid which stands at a height of  4884m in Indonesia. As part of her 7-Summits Challenge, which is about scaling the seven tallest ...
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Former U.S. Marine Kirstie Ennis won hearts when she was hugged by Prince Harry at the end of a 1,000-mile walk around Britain.  Now, inspired by the prince and with steely determination and self-motivation, Ennis is aiming to be the first woman with a leg amputated above the knee to climb Mount Everest. Follo...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. Fifteen days after setting off up the Southeast Face of 7,710m Mount Jannu, Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko remain on the mountain. The Russian duo have spent the last three days descending the Southwestern side of the mountain...
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It wasnt their first choice of peaks to climb this winter — but Canadian mountaineer Pascale Marceau and her American climbing partner Lonnie Dupre arent complaining. On Monday, they completed the first-ever winter ascent of Yukons Mount Wood, Canadas sixth-highest peak. And Marceau says shes the first woman to climb ...
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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 49 will be climbing Mount Everest for the 23rd time this season. Sherpa who stood on top of Mount Everest in 2018 to be the only man to summit the world’s highest mountain 22 times is looking to break his own record.  Sherpa will be the lead guide for mountaineering company...
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As the expedition operators and the world climbers are now busy with the final packing and supplying of climbing logistic to the Mt Everest region, an eight-member team of icefall doctors have started fixing a climbing route up to the Camp II from the base camp in the world’s highest peak. Chairman Ang Dorjee Sherpa of S...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. For the past six days, fans of Himalayan mountaineering have held their breath as Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko slowly made their way down the treacherous Southwestern side of 7,710m Mount Jannu. Sergey Nilov and Dmitry Gol...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here. While winter in the Karakorum ended, with the retreat of Alex Txikon and his team to Base Camp on K2, spring in the Himalaya has officially begun.  Typically, the first sign of spring is not a robin or the equinox itself, but the pu...
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For most a skiing holiday might involve a few runs down a gentle slope. But for this self-defined lover of mountains nothing but a vertical cliff edge would do.   Kilian Jornet, 31, was the first person to ski down Europes largest vertical scarp - Troll Wall in the Rauma Valley, Norway. Almost a straight drop to th...
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Disenchantment with the material world pushes us to the Himalaya to reconnect with Nature. Mountaineers have been asked why they climb mountains for as long as big mountains have been climbed. But for Himalayan and other Native peoples around the world, the question is ‘Which deity lives up there?’  Many mountaineers ...
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Former US Marine Corps Sergeant Kirstie Ennis today left for the Mt Everest region aiming to be the first woman with a leg amputated above the knee to stand atop the world’s highest peak in the spring climbing season. According to Ram Thapa Magar, managing director at HST Adventures, Kirstie along with Christopher Pollac...
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Scientists from the western world have returned to Mt Everest this season to carry out researches in the high Himalaya region. There would be at least two groups of scientists who will not only be standing atop the roof of the world but also doing different scientific researches in the high Himalayas, multiple sources in...
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