from The Alpinist - newswire
2012 MUGS STUMP AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED Ventura, CA (January 9, 2012)-- The recipients of the 2012 Mugs Stump Award were announced today. The award, sponsored by Alpinist Magazine, Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Mountain Gear, Patagonia, Inc., and W.L. Gore Associates, Inc., was created in 1992 in memory of Mugs Stump, one of North America's most visionary climbers. In the 20 years since its inception, the Mugs Stump Award has provided $324,000 in grants to small teams pursuing climbing objectives that
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from Climber's Blog
Black Diamond grassroots athlete Doug Chabot teamed up with Bruce Miller and Steve Su for a expedition to the unclimbed peaks of northern Pakistan’s Hunza region in August. Below is Chabot’s report and photos about the team’s first ascent on Hisp...
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from The BMC News
Keywords:
6,400m Hispar Sar,
elegant pointed summit north,
Hispar Glacier,
Pakistan's Karakoram,
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Three of America's most experienced mountaineers, Doug Chabot, Bruce Miller and Steve Su, have made the coveted first ascent of 6,400m Hispar Sar, an elegant pointed summit north of the Hispar Glacier.
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Seven teams, listed below, have received the Mugs Stump Award for 2011. Recipients of the grant will attempt bold new objectives in Alaska, British Columbia, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Russia, all in fast and clean alpine style. Kyle Dempster, K7, Pakistan; with Kelly Cordes. A first ascent of the unclimbed SW pillar (ca 6200 m), as well as a first-ascent on the east face of 6,934-meter K7 main. Colin Haley, Ogre II, Pakistan; with Bjorn-Eivind Artun. An alpine-style ascent of the unclimbed, un-attempted ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
In the summer of 2009, three of us Canadian Rockies locals (Eamonn Walsh, Ian Welsted and I) traveled to Pakistan to play in the bigger hills over there. We returned to the Hispar Glacier area, a region we first visited in 2006 when we unsuccessfully attempted the southwest face of Kunyang Chhish East (ca. 7400m). Even though Kunyang East is one of the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen (and remains unclimbed to boot), in 2009 we decided to experience another mountain: the (also unclimbed) Pumari
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