from The Alpinist - newswire
Mild weather and thick ice welcomed more than 3,000 climbers from around the world to the 17th Annual Ouray Ice Festival this weekend at the Ouray Ice Park in southwest Colorado. An early season of cold nights and warm afternoons created ideal ice conditions in the park's flooded box canyon, which set the stage for the festival's Elite Mixed Climbing Competition. Nathan Kutcher, in his first appearance at the festival, took home the championship title, beating the only other competitor to top out, Andres
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from The BMC News
The Welsh Sports Association recognises that ground breaking overseas expeditions play an important part in the development of outdoor activities in Wales and each year invites organisers of eligible overseas expeditions to apply for grant aid.
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from The Adventure Blog
As I mentioned yesterday , the 2011 Himalaya season is starting to ramp up quickly with climbers and guides arriving in Kathmandu and putting the final touches on their preparations for the climbs ahead. One of those climbers is Alan Arnette , who will no doubt be posting regular updates throughout his expedition to climb Everest as part of his Seven Summits for Alzheimer's campaign . Alan posted another update from Kathmandu today, offering more insights into what is happening there and what we can expect
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from SAIS Southern Cairngorms
Picking the right spot for snow profile is an important part of the field work day. Aspect, elevation, risk exposure, seasonal and daily considerations are all part of the choice. Here the red spot marks the location today. Quite nice skiing too. And the profile up close, had a reasonably well bonded snowpack. A 3cm graupel layer produced ragged shears. Still concerns about high steep, convex terrain at corrie rims.
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
A story by Ines Papert Photo credit: Hans Hornberger www.hans-hornberger.com During a week winter climbing in Scotland, Ines Papert and Charly Fritzer have established Triple X, VIII,8 on Ben Nevis and Bavarinthia IX, 9 at Coire an Lochain in the Cairngorms. After last year's baptism of fine, German alpinist Ines Papert returned to Scotland at the end of January together with Charly Fritzer from Austria where she carried out a string of important repeats, including the first repeat of "To those who wait"
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from The Adventure Blog
When Eddie Bauer launched their First Ascent line a year and a half ago, their intention was to get back to their roots and offer well designed, and technically advanced, equipment for the hardcore outdoor crowd. By most accounts, the new gear, which was designed with the help of some top climbers and mountain guides, has been very well received, earning high marks for being comfortable, warm, and well made. Up until recently however, I hadn't had a chance to test out any of the First Ascent gear for ...
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from Liverpool Echo - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Their legend has inspired generations of mountaineers since their ill-fated attempt to climb Everest over 80 years ago. Now a team of scientists believe they have discovered another important part of the puzzle as to why George Mallory and...
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from Splitter Choss
From 2001 to 2005 I worked at Climbing Magazine, during which time I witnessed the parent company run the magazine into the ground. A year after I left it was sold, all but a few staff were fired and the mag was moved to Boulder. Unfortunately, Cloudveil has just suffered the same fate and the town of Jackson has lost an important part of its culture.
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from The Alpinist - newswire
A n upcoming management plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River could have profound impact on Yosemite National Park, including the potential to restrict camping and climbing access. Alpinist.com first reported on the Merced River Plan in the July 19, 2008 NewsWire . Since then, three rounds of litigation have transformed the nature of the future plan. Courts have mandated that the plan must impose a "user capacity program" imposing use limits within the Merced corridor (a quarter-mile on each side of
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from Dream Guides Latest News Blog
The Manaslu team are now all at Base Camp (4800m)! Guy, Lynette and Doug arrived at Base Camp last week, having opted for the helicopter to Samagown, and have spent most of their time so far acclimatising well, but wondering where the mountain is - while a massive storm has raged. Meanwhile the rest of the team, including Emma, Rob, Bonita Henry have been walking in and arrived at BC yesterday, bringing sunshine with them - finally! Today was spent relaxing at base camp under gorgeous blue skies, admiring
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