Shasta Mountain Guides Is Back Leading Summit Climbs and Seminars on Mt. Shasta, CA This post first appeared on the Shasta Mountain Guides website and was written by Chris Shasta Mountain Guides is back leading summit climbs and seminars on Mt. Shasta! We are open and taking reservations and have developed new operating guidelines to compensate for the physical distancing requirements. After a delayed start we led our first trips of the new season […] Backcountry CragBrains | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: “Literally Escaping Death By Inches” | Huge Lake Tahoe Rope Swing Gone Wrong… All I can say is I’m happy to be alive. The forces on this swing are so gnarly, and I could barely reach the handle of the rope before stepping off to send it. As soon as I dropped in I instantly knew I didn’t have the grip I needed to complete the full ark of the swing. Lucky I […] CragBrains | June 4, 2020 1 Comment
Mount Whitney Will Remain Closed as Inyo National Forest, CA Provide Wilderness Permits From June 1st In a Facebook post yesterday the Inyo National Forest announced they will be providing wilderness permits through a virtual process, beginning June 1st, 2020, with the exception of Mount Whitney. Related: Inyo County, CA Sheriff’s Office: Do Not Take Part in High-risk Outdoor Activity Mount Whitney day and overnight permits are being canceled one week in advance of the hiking […] Climbing CragBrains | May 26, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Shasta, CA Will Reopen Above 10,000-Feet on May 16th Following a three-week closure above 10,000-feet, Forest Service officials have announced Mount Shasta will reopen on May 16th. In alignment with current federal, state, and local guidance for social distancing and to ensure the health and safety of climbers and employees, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest temporarily closed the area on Mt. Shasta above 10,000-feet in elevation on April 23, 2020, with […] Climbing CragBrains | May 14, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: 2-Hours in 2-Minutes | Watch Time Lapse of Honnold’s and Caldwell’s Record Breaking El Capitan Ascent [arve url="https://youtu.be/XdOzbM_7GMI"] CragBrains | May 9, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Work Completed on World’s Highest 5G Tower – On Mount Everest Workers have finished installing the highest 5G tower in the world – on Mount Everest. The mast was installed at 21,325-feet by China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei. Everest is 29,028-feet high. Related: A History of Everest | What it took to Reach the Roof of the World Yaks have been used to carry over eight tons of high-tech infrastructure up […] Climbing CragBrains | May 5, 2020 1 Comment
Woman Fell 115-Feet to Her Death After Slipping While Taking Photo to Celebrate End of Lockdown A woman fell more than 110-feet off a cliff to her death last weekend after posing for a photo to celebrate the end of the coronavirus lockdown. Following weeks of sheltering-in-place, Olesia Suspitsina, 31, went hiking with a female friend to the Düden Waterfalls in Antalya, Turkey. Kazakhstan native Suspitsina climbed over a safety fence to pose for the picture on […] CragBrains | May 1, 2020 1 Comment
Man Rescued After Falling Off 30-Foot Cliff While Hiking Near St. George, UT A 66-year-old man was rescued after falling off a 30-foot cliff while hiking with his brother in St. George, UT on Monday. The rescue was the 46th of the year for Washington County Search and Rescue Team, and the ninth in two-weeks. The men were canyoneering in the Cougar Cliffs area to the west of SR-18 when one of the hikers […] Climbing CragBrains | April 29, 2020 0 Comments
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