Lone Hiker Killed in Apparent Fall While Hiking 14er Near Telluride, CO Patrick Eells, 29, of Telluride was found deceased Monday afternoon from traumatic injuries suffered from an apparent fall while hiking alone on the Dallas-Gilpin ridge about 3.5 miles north of Telluride, CO. Related: Hiker Killed After Falling 500-Feet From Summit of 14er in Sequoia National Park, CA An experienced mountaineer, Mr. Eells told his girlfriend Sunday he was going to […] CragBrains | June 2, 2021 1 Comment
US Singer/Songwriter Mike Posner Summited Mount Everest Yesterday Yesterday, Mike Posner, the pop singer-songwriter announced on Twitter that he had just summited Mount Everest. The climb was the culmination of 18 months of training and weeks of high-altitude hiking. This morning at 4:35 am, Dawa Chirring Sherpa, Jon Kedrowski, Dawa Dorje Sherpa and Mike Posner summited Mt Everest. That’s what I call a sunrise. We are now back at […] Climbing CragBrains | June 2, 2021 0 Comments
Hiker Killed After Falling 500-Feet From Summit of 14er in Sequoia National Park, CA A Memorial Day hike ended with a mountaineering accident on Monday, when a 56-year-old man from San Jose, CA, one member of a three-person hiking group, fell approximately 500-feet from the summit ridge of 14,088-foot Mount Russell, on the eastern boundary of Sequoia National Park, CA. One of his hiking partners, a 45-year-old woman from Milpitas, CA, grabbed him as […] CragBrains | June 2, 2021 0 Comments
Woman Smashes Mount Everest Summit Speed Record by 13-Hours A woman from Honk Kong has just destroyed the record to become the fastest woman to summit Mount Everest. Tsang Yin-hung, 45, crushed the previous record of 39 hours and 6 minutes by more than 13-hours. Related: Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest The teacher, from Honk Kong, made her ascent from base camp at 17,390-feet to the world’s […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
American Alpine Institute Warning Mount Baker, WA Climbers of Huge Serac Expected to Fall Catastrophically This Summer Attention climbers thinking of tackling Mount Baker this summer. The Coleman-Deming route currently has a hazard that those climbing Mount Baker should be aware of. The serac on top of Colfax Peak is separating and will likely fall catastrophically sometime this spring/summer. AAI guides have often seen people taking breaks beneath Colfax Peak in the debris zone. It is important that […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest Who says you’re too old to do anything? On Sunday, May 23, Arthur Muir became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 29,031 feet, an official from the company that organized the expedition told Reuters. Seventy-five-years old. The average life expectancy for an American male is 78.5 years. Let that sink in for a moment. “Arthur Muir […] Climbing CragBrains | May 28, 2021 0 Comments
Hiker and Climber Killed This Weekend in Incidents on Utah’s Mount Superior and Mount Olympus Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SLCOSAR) in Utah responded to two separate incidents over the weekend that unfortunately resulted in two deaths. Early Friday (5/21) morning, SLCOSAR was called out for a missing hiker who had gone out the day before to climb Mount Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The man made it to the summit in the […] Climbing CragBrains | May 24, 2021 0 Comments
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