from Rock Climbing UK
Andy Kirkpatrick is a man who’s not afraid to look unflinchingly at himself in the mirror, and he’s not afraid to write about what he finds. Even as this book was being published, he was making a solo attempt on the Troll Wall in Norway, getting his fill of the “cold and suffering” in which [...] Cold Wars – Andy Kirkpatrick is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Andy Kirkpatricks talk
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from The Adventure Blog
In 2010, we followed Australian adventurer Tom Smitheringale on a solo attempt to reach the North Pole, a journey during which he suffered frostbite while struggling with the grueling demands of the arctic. Now, Tom has traded in those frigid conditions for a decidedly warmer adventure, this time taking on the Sahara Desert in Egypt. A few days ago, Tom set out on a 2500km (1553 mile) journey that begins with him paddling the length of the Nile River, starting at the border of Egypt and the Sudan and ...
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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 The Alpinist - newswire
Colin Haley made the first solo ascent of Cerro Standhart in the Fitz Roy Massif of Argentine Patagonia. On November 27, Haley rope- and free-soloed the 500m tower via Exocet (5.9 WI5). By 4 a.m. on November 27, Haley arrived at the Standhardt-Bifida Col and the base of Exocet. He self-belayed the slabby first pitch and soloed across the large ramp system that bisects Standhardt's east face. The ramps led him to the crux of the climb: a vertical and largely blank granite wall split by an ice-choked chimney
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from The Adventure Blog
I came across this video at The Adventure Life and thought that it was well worth sharing. The short film was animated by the British Foreign Office and the words were written, and are read, by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who has been called the "World's Greatest Living Explorer". In the video, Sir Ran is off on one of his many adventurers, and he gives us a bit of insight into what it is like to be on a polar expedition, something that he is intimately aware. As is common on such expeditions, disaster strikes,
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from www.arareko.net
Keywords:
Humar,
Langtang Lirung,
Langtang region of Nepal,
morning of November 10,
Nepalese mountainside,
trekking agency,
mountain on November 5,
nine lives,
7,234-meter Langtang Lirung,
evening of Monday
Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar, who seemed to have nine lives, has used up the last of them on a Nepalese mountainside. Humar was badly injured and called for a rescue during a solo attempt on 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung, the highest peak in the Langtang region of Nepal. According to his trekking agency, Humar started up the mountain on November 5. He called for help via satellite phone in the evening of Monday, November 9, and last communicated with base camp on the morning of November 10, telling a ...
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from The Adventure Blog
As most of you know doubt know by now, Tomaz Humer's body was recovered from Langtang Lirung this past weekend, after days of search and rescue operations. The Slovenian climber was on the 23,711 foot mountain making a solo attempt when he fell last Monday, breaking ribs, his legs, and back. Tomaz made a call from the mountain asking for help, and rescue teams responded as quickly as they could, but it took several days to fix lines up to his last known position and bad weather made it difficult to ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Sad news from Nepal this morning as ExWeb is reporting that efforts to rescue Tomaz Humer on Langtang Lirung have failed, and that the climber has passed away. According the very brief update to a previous story, a rescue chopper, piloted by Robert Andenmatten found Tomaz, and a rescue attempt was made by Simon Anthamatten, but the Slovenian climber passed away soon after. That's about all we know at this point, but reading between the lines, it sounds like Tomaz was found on the mountain alive, but passed
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from The Adventure Blog
The weekend brought more news from the Himalaya, although most of it had more to do with the arrival of teams in base camps on various mountains throughout the range, as the climbers scramble to get into place, and begin the process of actually climbing those peaks. On Everest, the ExWeb is reporting that the Basque team moved into BC on the North Side in just three short days. Normally, the drive (yes, drive!) to base camp on the Tibetan side of the mountain takes some time, giving the climbers a chance
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from The Adventure Blog
As the calendar approaches March, the Arctic season begins to ramp up, with teams putting the final touches on their preparation. The Baffin Babes intend to head off to Baffin Island in early March, where they'll be spending 80 days out on the ice exploring the remote region of Canada. I mentioned yesterday that Pen Hadow and his team were finishing their packing and preparing to get underway late this week, and his team was joined by another arctic explorer in Canada this morning. In her latest blog post
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