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After completing Satisfaction on Gasherbrum I in 2017, Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak teamed up for another huge, demanding route this last May, this time on the northwest face of Chamlang (7321m) in Nepal.
Zdenek Hak and Marek Holecek collection
They climbed UFO Line (ABO: M6, WI5, 2500m) from May 1...
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The South Tyrolean mountaineer Simon Messner has made a solo ascent of Toshe III, a 6,200m mountain in Pakistan that had never been climbed before, known locally as Geshot Peak.
On 29 June 2019 Simon Messner soloed Toshe III, a 6200-meter mountain that rises above the Bunar valley circa 18km southwest of Nanga Parbat, kn...
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A Hellenic Air Force Super Puma helicopter crew and firefighters on Monday rescued a 60-year-old climber who had slipped on the slopes of Mount Olympus earlier in the day.
A fellow climber reported to the authorities that the climber had fallen into a gorge in the area of Louki after losing his balance.
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Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, who is on his mission to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000m in just seven months, today announced that he has successfully climbed the world’s ninth highest mountain in the westernmost part of the Himalayan range.
Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja on the summit of Nanga Parbat. Courtesy: Project Possible
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Man is said to have ascended without ropes and was spoken to by police afterwards.
A free climber has scaled the Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
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The man was spoken to by police after the stunt but not arrested. He was seen on the side of the skyscraper at around 5.15am on Monday.
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Mountaineers Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer have made the first ascent of Black Tooth, a 6718m mountain in the Karakorum range in Pakistan.
Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer on the summit of Black Tooth, Karakorum on 26/07/2019
Photo by Simon Messner
On 26 July 2019 Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer complet...
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Last week Austrian mountaineer Max Berger summited Broad Peak (8047m) and then paraglided from Camp 3 at 7100 meters. He now plans to climb and fly K2, the second highest mountain in the world.
Admittedly the quality of this video isn’t the best, but the views above Concordia are outstanding. The footage was taken by Max...
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20/20 looks back on female accomplishments in climbing and skiing from the past 20 years.
Hilaree Nelson. Photo credit: Nick Kalisz
With interviews from eight successful female mountaineers, climbers, and skiers, viewers receive insight to the struggles and highlights of being a women among traditionally male-d...
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Polish ski daredevil Andrzej Bargiel has announced that he will be attempting to climb and ski down Mt Everest (8848 m) this autumn. Speaking to redbull.com, Bargiel said that he would be attempting the feat without unfastening the skis and without additional oxygen, something which has never been done before.
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A toddler, who climbed his first mountain at two-weeks-old on his dad’s back, has become the youngest person ever to climb Britain’s highest mountains - aged just three years old.
Jaxon Krzysik pictured on his climb of Scafell Pike in England, has become the youngest ever person to climb the Three Peaks. CREDIT: CAL K...
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Dr. Francesco Cassardo, the Italian mountaineer injured last Saturday at over 6300 meters on Gasherbrum VII, has been airlifted to safety. The rescue efforts by Carlalberto Cala Cimenti, Denis Urubko, Don Bowie, Jaroslaw Zdanowich and Janusz Adamski and also Marco Confortola proved to be of fundamental importance.
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Last week, an American team made the first ascent of Link Sar — at 7,042m, one of the world’s highest unclimbed peaks. The sought-after prize lies in a remote corner of northern Pakistan, south of K2.
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At least five Nepali climbers including Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja successfully climbed the world’s second-highest peak this morning.
Five Nepali climbers who stood atop Mt K2 this morning. Photo Courtsey: Mingma David Sherpa
According to Mingma David Sherpa, who is now at the base camp of Mt K2, Purja-led team of rope ...
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Anne Lorimor wasnt willing to let go of her title without a fight.
Photo credit: www.climbkilimanjaroguide.com
The Arizona woman had climbed Tanzanias Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, a few years back, according to Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV, becoming the oldest woman to summit i...
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The last summit push of the season on the Karakorum 8000’ers, and definitely a grand finale, could lead to the first new line opened this year on one of the 14 great ones, after failed spring attempts on Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Evere...
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An international mountain guide has successfully climbed the world’s 13th highest mountain in the Karakoram Range last week, becoming the first Nepali climber to make the most ascents of 8,000-metre peaks without using supplemental oxygen.
Mingma Gyalje Sherpa on Gasherbrum II summit on July 25, 2019
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Five Sherpas have fixed the rope upto Camp III (6800m) on Mt Manaslu. The team of Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks, under the management of EOA (Expedition Operator Association, Nepal) fixed the rope lines up to camp III.
“Ngima Dorchi Sherpa, Namja Bhote, Kaji Sherpa, Rinjee Sherpa and Tenji Chumbi Sherpa 5 She...
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It is an unusual sight for the famous but remote sandstone monolith known as Uluru: dense lines of eager climbers snaking up its reddish-brown surface, headed toward the peak of a rock sacred to the Indigenous Australians who live nearby.
Climbers on Uluru in Central Australia on Wednesday. A prohibition on climbing t...
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On July 29, Gábor Rakonczay reached the summit of 4,808m Mont Blanc. To many, knocking off the highest peak in Europe would be enough. But for the Hungarian extreme athlete, who canoed solo across the Atlantic in 2012 and reached the S...
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With the year’s autumn climbing activities gaining momentum in Nepal, the country’s unclimbed peaks are all set to receive the first-ever climbers, according to the Department of Tourism.
The Panpoche-I team. Photo credit: Marco Camandona
Rameshwar Niraula, a DoT official, said that the department issued climbing...
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Rock climber Kaitlin Heatherly doesn’t mince words.
Photo: @k8iecatheatherly/Instagram
“I placed last in the World Championship, and I’m f***ing stoked about it,” she said in Dead Last, a short documentary produced by REI.
The outdoor giant featured Heatherly and her journey to the World Championship for good...
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A former UK’s Special Forces member has successfully climbed Mt Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, completing his 13th eight-thousander in just over five months.
Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja (36), had set another world record by successfully scaling 13 peaks above 8,000 m in 158 days, officials said.
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A French politician has hit back at claims he changed the angle in a photograph to make the his ascent of an icy summit in the Alps seem more perilous.
The picture posted by Éric Woerth claiming to show himself climbing the Glacier d’Argentière and a version showing the discrepancies. Composite: @ericwoerth
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Three years ago Adam Enderwitz was using a wheelchair but against all odds he’s conquered Scotlands highest mountain.
Adam Enderwitz sends out a defiant message after climbing to the top of Ben Nevis (Image: Daily Record)
A courageous climber has scaled Scotland’s highest mountain despite fighting multiple sclero...
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Single-use plastic has been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amount of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said.
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In addition to seeing a record number of climbers this year, a government-led cleaning initiative on Everest also collected over 10 tonnes of tr...
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At least two world record holder alpinists among 10 foreign climbers are all set to attempt to scale Mt Everest in the autumn season, according to the expedition organisers.
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Polish ski daredevil Andrzej Bargiel, ultra-runner Spaniard Kilian Jornet, President at Mountain Hardware Brand a...
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A Royal Marine veteran from north-west England has been criticised for leaving a rowing machine close to the summit of Mont Blanc.
Credit: MATTHEW DISNEY
Matthew Disney attempted to climb Western Europes highest mountain with the machine on 30 August.
But as he neared the summit, weather conditions were t...
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Swiss mountaineer Roger Schäli has celebrated his 50th complete ascent of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland.
Roger Schaeli has climbed the Eiger 50 times. Pictured here the Swiss mountain guide is repeating La Vida es Silbar. Photo by Nicolas Hojac
A few days ago Swiss alpinist Roger Schaeli reached an...
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