‘Experienced’ Hiker Rescued Twice in 2-Days Attempting Winter Ascent of Arizona’s Highest Peak An ‘experienced’ hiker from New York City had to be rescued twice in two days while hiking Humphreys Peak in Arizona last week. Related: 2 Michigan Men Illegally Snowmobiling in Wyoming Wilderness Area Rescued Twice in Same Week Phillip Vasto, 28, of Brooklyn, was on a business trip and decided to climb the peak. At 12,637-feet, it is the highest […] Climbing CragBrains | March 11, 2022 9 Comments
1 Climber Killed and Another Critically Injured After 200-Foot Fall Off Mount Hood, OR The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office led a multi-team search-and-rescue mission in challenging conditions Sunday and Monday (March 6-7, 2022) after two climbers fell approximately 200 feet in the Leuthold Couloir area of Mt. Hood. One climber was transported off the mountain with critical injuries; the other climber was pronounced deceased. Related: Mount Hood, OR Might Not Have Any Snow in […] Climbing CragBrains | March 9, 2022 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Breathtaking Alex Honnold VR – Free-Climbing Like You’ve Never Seen it Before Virtual reality offers professional climber Alex Honnold a new and innovative way to share his incredible free solo climbing thanks to VR’s immersive authenticity, and you can now experience exactly what it looks like to be with Alex on huge rock walls in the mountains in the documentary film ‘Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR’. Under the guidance of director Jon […] Climbing CragBrains | March 8, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] A Brief Theory of How Alex Honnold Climbed El Capitan Without Ropes CragBrains | February 18, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2 Men Complete First Ever Ascent of the World’s Tallest Mountain CragBrains | January 27, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Army Veteran Fell to His Death After Getting Caught in Huge Snowstorm During 5-Day Trip on Mount Whitney, CA A man fell to his death on Mount Whitney, CA, last week while on a five-day, four-night trip in the backcountry during the biggest storms of the winter so far. Eric Goepfert, 50, was reported missing by his wife when he failed to return on Friday December 17th as planned. On December 18, Inyo search and rescue members located Goepfert’s […] CragBrains | December 22, 2021 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Netflix Trailer – 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible CragBrains | December 1, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Utah Doctor Facing Federal Charges For Allegedly Falsely Reporting Hypothermia to Get Helicopter Rescue Off Denali A Utah doctor is facing Federal charges after allegedly falsely reporting that a mountaineer was suffering from hypothermia in an attempt to be evacuated during a failed summit attempt of Mount Denali, AK, this spring. At 20,320-feet, Mount Denali is North America’s highest summit. According to the criminal complaint filed in Fairbanks, Alaska Federal Court, Dr. Jason Lance, 47, a radiologist from […] Climbing CragBrains | November 11, 2021 0 Comments
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