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The mountaineering film Cold has been getting a lot of positive buzz lately, picking up awards at various festivals and earning climber/filmmaker Cory Richards recognition as one of Nat Geo's Adventurers of the Year . The film follows Richards, along with climbers Simone Moro and Dennis Urubko, as they make the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, an 8035 meter (26,362 ft) peak located in Pakistan, hence the title "Cold." Now, the film is set to make its online debut thanks to Outside Magazine . Tomorrow
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from The Adventure Blog
I've mentioned Richard Parks and his 737 Challenge in the past, but wanted to do a follow-up to report that he has completed the expedition, which had the ambitious goal of climbing the Seven Summits and visiting the Three Poles, in just seven months time. According to this story , from Wales Online , Parks finished his journey last week by reaching the summit of Mt. Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe. You would think that after he knocked off Everest in the spring, that Elbrus, which stands 5642 ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Another major event in the world of mountaineering went down while I was away in Africa, as climbers Simone Moro, Denis Urubko andCory Richards completed the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, the 13th highest peak in the world. The team had been working the mountain for several weeks, but once prepared, they completed the climb in just three days. The trio finished their summit push on February 2nd, reaching the top of the 8035 meter (26,363 ft) mountain. While climbing any Himalayan peak in the winter
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from Climber's Blog
On 25 Janaury 2011 Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards installed Camp 2 at 6500m on Gasherbrum II. In doing so they carried out another important step in their attempt to carry out the first winter ascent of the 13th highest mountain in the world.
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from The Adventure Blog
I write about a host of ambitious expeditions and projects here on The Adventure Blog, but here's one that is on a completely different level. Welsh adventurer Richard Parks has set quite a goal for himself. He plans to reach the top of all of the Seven Summits, as well as both the North and South Pole, in just seven months time. He's calling his expedition the 737 Challenge , which stands for 7 Summits, 3 Poles, 7 Months. Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, is sometimes called the "third ...
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from The Adventure Blog
PolarTREC , an organization that works to give K12 teachers an opportunity to conduct research in the field while helping to distribute curriculum to classrooms, is looking for a few adventurous educators to join them in conducting arctic research in the next couple of years. The organization is currently looking for 12 individuals who are interested in going to the Arctic in 2011 or the Antarctic in 2011-2012. If selected, those teachers will assist in the research process on varying levels and will be
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Starting up Jodicus Direct (without the peg) E7 6c I was a bit bleary-eyed this morning heading out to meet Richard and Steve for an attack on Wave Buttress after yesterday’s good session at Steall. Yesterday, my ankle managed 90 minutes on steep tensiony climbing before tightening up. Today I was keen to get it moving on a sustained slab and work it a little bit harder. Wave Buttress had an obvious challenge. In the early nineties Mark Mcgowan crimped his way up the honeycombed wall of Jodicus Direct.
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Richard on Clean Sweep, VS, Hell’s Lum After the wee holiday in Wales and Glasgow I felt rested up and keen to get back to another stint of training for my projects for the summer. All of them are big multipitch mountain routes that have F8 pitches, bold and in seriously awkward places to get to. The fitter I am, the better. So I have been trying to get out to the crag every day over the past week and work myself a bit harder. These pics are from a morning on Hell’s Lum with Richard. We drove over and
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from Jordan Romero
Hello from Tingri, Tibet, China. The team is all good. Richard is keeping Jordan entertained. Our Sherpas are super nice and they all have a great sense of humor. We spend most of dinner laughing and enjoying each others company. Its definitely Jordans favorite part of the day when we all get together. We are [...]
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from Jordan Romero
Well we made it! Checked in 13 bags between the 4 of us! $650 later we are on our way to security and we are in. Richard even was able to sneak in the full bottle of cologne that Paul accidently left in his carry on. Now we found a nice place on the [...]
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