Body Found After Man Live Streams Plunge to his Death From Mount Fuji, Japan Police have found a body during the search for a man who fell while live-streaming his climb of Japan’s Mount Fuji. Officers launched the search on Tuesday after receiving calls from concerned people who had watched the footage. The body was recovered on Wednesday at an altitude of about 9,800ft on the 12,389ft mountain. It has not yet been confirmed whether it […] Climbing CragBrains | October 31, 2019 0 Comments
9-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Person to Climb El Capitan, Yosemite, CA In mid-September, Pearl Johnson, age 9, climbed the Triple Direct route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, earning her the title as the youngest person to climb the 3,000-foot granite wall. Pearl originally wanted to climb The Nose, but it was crowded, so they switched to the much less-preferred but equally extended Triple Direct route, which parallels the Nose just before joining […] Climbing CragBrains | October 30, 2019 0 Comments
Mission Achieved! Nepali Man Climbs World’s 14 Highest Mountains in 6-Months | Smashes Previous Record by 7-YEARS A 36-year-old Nepali just became the fastest climber to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains on Tuesday, summiting all the mountains in just over six months, smashing the previous record by more than seven YEARS. “MISSION ACHIEVED !” says @nimsdai from the summit of #Shishapangma #14peaks7months #History At 8:58 hrs local time, Nims and his team reached the summit of […] Climbing CragBrains | October 29, 2019 0 Comments
Skeleton Found Beneath California’s Second Highest Peak Might be American-Japanese Man Missing Since WWII Authorities in California say the human skeleton recovered from beneath California’s second-highest peak is possibly that of Giichi Matsumura, a Japanese American. Matsumura left for a trip from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar towards the end of World War II and got caught in a freak snowstorm, reports the LA Times. His body was discovered weeks later by a hiker […] CragBrains | October 28, 2019 1 Comment
Hiker Missing in ‘Treacherous Conditions’ in North Cascades, WA Since October 17th Deputies from Skagit County Sheriff’s Office in Washington are searching for a missing 28-year-old woman who has not been seen since Oct. 18. Rachel Lakoduk was hiking the Hidden Lake Trailhead in the North Cascades near Marblemount. Rescuers and her family thought she might have taken shelter inside a remote cabin at the Hidden Lake Lookout “when weather conditions turned snowy,” […] Climbing CragBrains | October 24, 2019 3 Comments
Miracle of Climber Who Fell Hundreds of Feet Off Mount St. Helens and Survived Brittany Fintel was making a push for the summit of 8,663-foot Mount St. Helens, WA on Saturday morning when she lost her footing on snow and ice and fell hundreds of feet. She slid down more than 300-feet of snow, tumbling over and over, knocking into boulders until she came to a sudden stop. Related: VIDEO: Mount St. Helens, WA Dome […] Climbing CragBrains | October 9, 2019 0 Comments
‘Distressed’ Hikers Yelling and Waving from Summit of Quandary Peak, CO Were Just Friendly Canadians On Wednesday, Summit County Rescue Group received a report of two hikers waving and yelling from the north ridge of 14,266-ft Quandary Peak, CO the group reported in a Facebook post. Fearing the worst, three rescue teams of six rescuers were dispatched along the trail armed with rope gear, believing the two men were stuck, unable to climb up or down. […] Climbing CragBrains | October 7, 2019 0 Comments
Andrzej Bargiel Abandons Attempt to Ski Down Everest Due to Unsafe Apartment-Sized Hanging Ice Block A hanging chunk of ice the size of an apartment block has forced Polish daredevil Andrzej Bargiel to abandon his bid to ski down Mount Everest, he announced on his Facebook on Monday. The 31-year-old, who last year skied down K2, was making a rare attempt to summit the world’s tallest mountain and then ski down without supplemental oxygen. But a […] Industry News CragBrains | October 1, 2019 0 Comments
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