from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Introduction This blog is to mark the expedition to climb Mera Peak and Baruntse and all the events that subsequently unfolded. Since making a crazy return from the Himalayas on the 17 th November, the last few weeks have been nothing short of hectic. I have struggled to completely piece this blog together, since how do explain the euphoria of reaching a summit such as Baruntse, or even Mera Peak and the Amphu Labtsa, when I can’t totally understand the feelings myself. Ironically, I found writing the
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from The Adventure Blog
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Mt. Everest has always captivated the public's attention and spurred our sense of adventure. The mountain isn't just the tallest peak on the planet, it is also a physical manifestation of our need to explore and add a little danger and excitement to our lives. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis, helps to hammer home this point by tracing the early history of the mountain, how it came to rise to prominence in the ...
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from Petzl Blog
Posted By Steve Mc Clure the 2011-10-25 China . A country just over the edge of the radar. A little exploration here and there. But it is vast, and only just opening up. Are we in for a surprise as the view unfolds! People talk of our rock running out, but here in China we have not even begun. The Petzl rock trip is beginning at the area of Getu, a national park, only opened up maybe 10 years ago. Before that the only eyes that passed over the mind blowing scenery were that of the locals. But we are ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Canyoneering is the term given to an outdoor activity that involves hiking, climbing, and scrambling through narrow, twisting canyons. It is a popular outdoor pursuit in places like Zion , Bryce Canyon , and Canyonlands National Parks here in the U.S. It also happens to be the subject of a new article from National Geographic as well, with author and climber Mark Jenkins traveling to Australia to experience the Aussie version of the sport. The article, which can be read in its entirety by clicking here ,
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Between July 15 and August 3, an Anglo-Danish team of climbers explored the eastern part of the Djangart region of Kyrgyzstan. Inspired by a Mike Royer's 2010 trip report in the American Alpine Journal on the western part of the Djangart, the team was excited to explore a region that offered the opportunity to make first ascents of unclimbed mountains. The eastern Djangart has seen few climbing expeditions in recent years, and its remote location and abundance of untouched territory lent itself to the kind
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from The Alpinist - newswire
After spending eight days looking for signs of two Polish climbers who went missing last year, Denis Urubko and Boris Dedeshko climbed a new route on Prjevalsky Peak (6240m) in Kyrgyzstan in the Tien Shan mountains of central Asia on July 25. The two Polish climbers, Piotr Zwolinski, 45, and Michal Kacperski, 30, were on their way to Khan Tengri (7010m). A Kazakh agency provided the climbers with a map that was mis-marked likely leading them astray. Urubko believes, "[they] made a wrong turn to the edges
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Keywords:
Eldridge,
elevation,
glacier,
numerous peaks,
great classes,
great classes on self-arrest,
Peak 8,100 yesterday,
surface of the glacier,
feet,
self-arrest
Forest Noah sent us a message from the 12-day Mountaineering Course that things are great on the Eldridge Glacier! They are enjoying nice weather and climbed Peak 8,100 yesterday. They also had great classes on self-arrest and knots. There are many unnamed peaks in the Alaska Range, their elevation is typically the only notation you'd find on a map. Surrounding the Eldridge are numerous peaks around 8,000 feet high. The surface of the glacier, where the team is camping, is around 5,000-5,500 feet above sea
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from The Adventure Blog
The International Rogaining Federation has announced that the2014 World Rogaining Championship will be held in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The event will run August 16-17 and will attract hundreds of elite navigators from around the globe to the area, where they'll compete across South Dakota's unique and challenging backcountry. For those who aren't aware, rogaining, which is also known as orienteering, is a long-distance cross-country race, usually held in wilderness settings. Teams compete against
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On May 26, Mark Allen and Graham Zimmerman established a new route in the northwest fork of the Lacuna Glacier on the southern ridgeline of Mt. Foraker. Their climb, "To the Center" ( AK 4 AI2, 4500'), runs along a couloir for the majority of its 4,500 feet, then strikes a thin and precarious southeast ridgeline. There, the two climbed to the route's 12,214-foot pinnacle in five hours and forty-five minutes. This ridgeline also links two of their previous attempts at the ridge's high point, and they said
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
I’m back home from a couple of good days with the Mountain Equipment team in Manchester. I was speaking in lecture at the ME store talking about trying to arrive at a confident state for heading back up to Orkney again for sessions on my project. To help with that I finally got a nice day to head out with Anna and do some tradding. This is the difficulty in Scotland sometimes - Although I feel quite fit now from Steall and board sessions, there’s no substitute for going out and leading a lot of long
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