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As I mentioned last week , on Christmas Eve, teen-age mountaineer Jordan Romero reached the top of Mt. Vinson in Antarctica, completing his quest to climb the Seven Summits. In the process, Jordan became the youngest person to ever achieve that feat and has served as an inspiration for others around the world. Jordan and his family have now returned home to Big Bear in California and a much deserved rest, but I thought you might be interested in seeing a couple of summit photos from his final Seven Summits
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A team from Veterans Expeditions, with support by Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, summited the Grand Teton on September 11, 2011. Through a partership with the AAC, the VetEx group was provided with free lodging at the Grand Teton Climbers’ Ranch, during which they spent a day learning rope work and climbing basics. The next day, the team climbed to JHMG’s High Camp at 11,000 feet. The summit push began at 3:15am on Sept. 11th, and as the sun rose, they found themselves high on the peak. After
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Way back in March I shared a link to a new website called Peakery.com , which was striving to become a social network for climbers, who could connect, share experiences, research climbs, and mark the summits they had bagged. At launch, it was a little rough around the edges, but the developers have been continuing to add features and update their database, and as of now the site now has more than 338,000 peaks across the globe in its records. Fast forward a few months, and the site has now launched the ...
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With the 2011 Himalaya climbing season now officially in our rear view mirror, it is time for the world's top climbers to start focusing on the Karakoram and the challenges that come along with climbing in that range. Stretching across Pakistan, India, and China, the Karakoram range contains some of the most challenging peaks on the planet. It is home to one of the highest concentrations of mountains found anywhere as well, which makes it a popular summer mountaineering destination, which is about the only
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Ueli Steck and climbing partner Don Bowie have sent an update from Cho Oyu, the next stop in their Himalayan Triple Header this spring. You may recall that Ueli topped out solo on Shisha Pangma a few weeks back, and now the duo are prepping to go for the summit on the 8201 meter (26,906 ft) Cho Oyu. According to the dispatch, since arriving on Cho Oyu last week, Ueli and Don have been acclimatizing at altitude and building their camps. They've been up as high as 7000 meters (22,966 ft) and are back in
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Last week we received the amazing news on Ueli Steck's solo speed climb of Shisha Pangma in 10.5 hours. Since then, we've had a variety of reports on the climb, but we haven't heard from Ueli himself. That is, until today, when he posted details of the climb on his Himalayan Speed website. Steck says that when he set off from camp he didn't have any intentions of climbing the mountain, but that he was going to climb up to about 7200 meters (23,622 ft) to have a look around and see how he felt. But the ...
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A few days back we received the stunning news of Ueli Steck making a solo speed climb of Shisha Pangma in just 10.5 hours. Over the past few days more details and information about that ascent have begun to trickle out, even as Ueli and his climbing partner, Don Bowie, make their way for their next big Himalayan peak. An update was posted to Ueli's website, HimalayanSpeed.com , that contains some more insight into the climb. It seems that Steck attacked the South Face of the 8013 meter (26,289 ft) after
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Yesterday I posted a story about the controversy that flared up over Christian Stangl's K2 summit claims while I was away last week. As I mentioned when I wrote that piece, I wasn't the least bit surprised that there were questions over the validity of the climb considering the evidence that we had been given. Today, the issue is a moot point, as Stangl now admits he did not summit and that the photo was a fake all along. ExWeb , as usual, has the full scoop on the story , which seems to get weirder and
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Update: Check out the Summit Photo of Christian that I added below, courtesy of Mammut . Thanks to K2Kyle for sharing! In my post earlier this morning I lamented the fact that we had gone another season on K2 without a summit, but I barely had that story written and posted, when ExWeb updated with the news that Austrian climber Christian Stangl has just arrived back in BC after a 70-hour push to the summit of the mountain. According to the story, Christian reached the top yesterday at around 10 AM local
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