from 2010 Mountaineering Season
We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and didn't overindulge too much on sugar plums. We have lots of snow and some cold temperatures here in Talkeetna. Here is a video from a 1997 Cancer Survivors climb guided by AMS owners, Colby Coombs and Caitlin Palmer. The climb raised money to support a children's camp for kids with cancer. Half of the team were themselves cancer survivors and were climbing with family members and friends. Everybody made it to the summit. ...
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from SAIS Lochaber
Looking South along the East face of Aonach Mor today. The routes Left Twin and Morwand finish up the snowcrest catching the sunshine the in the middle distance. It started off a lovely day today. We were up on Aonach Mor and, for me a least, it was the first day up there this season with good visibility. I took this opportunity to have a good look around. For this time of year there is loads of snow about, most of which has been blown in on a Westerly wind. As you would expect there is some pretty ...
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from SAIS Lochaber
Today we were up on Ben Nevis for a wee look about. In general there is lots of snow, and winter climbing conditions are looking good, and there were very few people about. There has been a large avalanche from below the Orion face. The crown wall ran all the way from below the first platform of North East Buttress to below Observatory Ridge. In the photo I have marked the most obvious bit of the crown wall in red. The height of this crown wall was quite variable, and in some sections it was quite shallow
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from The Adventure Blog
K2 continues to be an elusive summit for climbers once again this year, turning back the first wave of mountaineers over the weekend, while others prepared for their own assaults. Yesterday we had word that two Kazakh climbers had reached Camp 4 on the mountain, and indications were that they were hoping to go to the summit, but high winds and heavy snow have forced them back down the mountain, where they hope to get another chance to complete their climb. Maxut Zhumayev checked in today from Base Camp,
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from The Adventure Blog
After weeks of preparations, acclimatization, and patiently waiting, it appears to be go time on K2, where several teams are preparing to head up today and begin a summit push. If they are successful, it'll be the first time that anyone has stood on top of that mountain since the tragic 2008 season, when 11 people perished on August 1st, which just so happens to also be today's date. Fabrizio Zangrili has finally updated his blog for the first time in a month, and he notes that his team will begin moving
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from The Adventure Blog
Teams on both Broad Peak and the Gasherbrums have been waiting on a weather window to materialize, and while conditions were not great over the weekend, the forecast for the week ahead is a promising one, which has prompted some to begin their summit push, while others take a wait-and-see approach. According to Rob Springer , who is climbing as part of the Field Touring Alpine squad, the team started their bid on BP yesterday, with the climbers heading up to Camp 2. Rob says that a lot of snow has fallen
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from Alpine Guides Blog
Ok, time for a roundup of the latest alpine climbing conditions here in Cham and elsewhere in the western Alps. A couple of big dumps of snow in mid June left a lot of snow and ice on faces and ridges, followed by some hot weather last week which dried out rock routes and firmed [...]
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from Alpine Guides Blog
Weve all been up at the Torino Hut and up the Dent du Geant today. In terms of whats going on out here theres a lot of snow on the faces at the moment with plenty of ice action, but its gone very hot for a few days, so weve been getting on the rock and [...]
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from Alpine Guides Blog
Soph and Amanda got their first taste of steeper face climbing today, on the NW couloir of the Aig de Toule two teams over on the N Face of the Tour Ronde too. Theres been a lot of snow followed by strong winds high up recently, so care required on the avalanche front. Its [...]
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from gravsports
Right, it's finally spring here in Canmore! I'm almost afraid to say it too loudly, but I think it's really happening. I was actually too warm rock climbing yesterday, a season first. I even whined about it a bit just to make sure the sensation of warmth was real and not just a dream. Now all the snow around here has to melt--normally the valleys and even lower passes are good to go by this time of year for running and riding, but lots of snow out there still, as I just saw on a drive into the mountains. I
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