from The Alpinist - newswire
American climbers John Frieh, Zac West and Davie Burdick claimed the first ascent of the Burkett Needle's east arete, a 8500-foot tower west of Mount Burkett on the Stikine Icecap in southeast Alaska. The expedition was funded by the Copp Dash Inspire Award and the Mazamas Climbing Club. The trio's new route, Repeat Offender (IV 5.9 AI3 M5), is the sixth ascent of the peak. The Burkett Needle was first climbed in 1964 by Layton Kor and Dan Davis on the north buttress. The mountain was not summited for a
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from The Adventure Blog
This past weekend, BASE jumper Jeb Corliss was in China where he leapt from a hovering helicopter then used his wingsuit to successfully navigate his way through a large cave, and then eventually landsafelyon the other side. When I first heard about this last week, I wondered about the logistics of the flight, which you can examine for yourself in the video below. The cave was bigger than I expected, but this was still a pretty crazy stunt. My guess is now we'll see people in wingsuits trying to thread the
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Vancouver, BC, Canada Arc'teryx is an energetic and exceptionally innovative company, with over 400 employees. Our ongoing success stems from an uncompromising passion to continuously challenge, and radically improve, the status quo. At the foundation of our organization is a dynamic team of exceptionally talented, fun, and active people. Our modern head office is located on Vancouver's picturesque North Shore, near the Second Narrows Bridge. We promote a causal and fun work environment that supports and
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
The Tehipite Sanction by Rob Pizem Tehipite dome lies in the northern portion of Kings Canyon National Park, about a mile away from the Sierra National Forest boundary. But that is not where this story begins. I had planned on a summer adventure in Alaska where my partners and I would have to trek through the bush, cross icy rivers, navigate unknown glaciers, and finally end up at an enormous unclimbed big wall. We would make base camp and establish an amazing new free route on the virgin stone. ...
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from Mountains and Water
Threading The Needle from Craig Muderlak on Vimeo . Every once in a while, a really good lo-fi homemade film comes along. This is a great example. Kudos to its makers for sharing it with the climbing community.
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from Mt. Everest 2010 Season Coverage
Threading the weather needle and taking a gamble that paid off, Domnhall O’Doughartaigh, an independent climber, and Lucille deBeaudrap from Tim Rippel’s Peak Freaks team along with their personal Sherpas Tshering Sherpa and Pemba Sherpa made the summit of Everest on Friday, Nepal time. On the north, Bill Burke reported in from ABC on the north that the fixed lines are not in to the summit thus no summit push for him and David Liano. The lines are only up to 27300 or camp 3. The China Tibetan ...
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from Ian Parnell Photography
With blue sky visibility and no snow this should have been a pleasant introduction to the legendary fell race the Edale Skyline. Veterans will know that there's really no such thing, but my oh my....! What a total nightmare I had today. At 2 miles I was probably in about 50-60 th place and consciously trying to slow down At about 6 miles I was letting numerous speedy descenders (not my strongest suit) zoom past assuming I would catch them up on the ascents as I have done in shorter races. At the 12 mile
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from Life in the Vertical
Well, it had been a long festive season, finishing at 5am for me on New Years Day, in a total state. I rested yesterday, mainly in bed. I did make it down to look at the fresh snow starting to fall, and sat indoor when the Team was called out. Sorry I couldn't make it but I was still a mess and 5pm, so thought I would only be a liability on the hill. There were two rescue that evening, and neither would have been very easy as the condition looked atrocious outside my window. I think I was tucked up in bed
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Greetings from chilly Talkeetna! It was 20 below zero here this morning, and the needle is headed back down that way as I prepare to get on my bike and pedal home in the dark - it got dark at 5pm! Two more expeditions filled up over the weekend, and two more are on the brink... Denali, West Buttress , 2010 Availability: April 27-May 17: 5 spaces May 3- 23: FULL May 10-30: FULL (waitlist) May 17-June 6: FULL (waitlist) May 24-June 13: FULL May 31-June 20: 2 spaces* June 7-June 27: 1 space - pending June ...
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from UKClimbing.com News
UK climber Hazel Findlay, 20, has just returned from a trip to the USA and Canada where she made some impressive acents at the Bugaboos, Squamish and the Needles of California.
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