Elusive Winter Ascent of K2 Will Have to Wait Another Year | Climbers Turned Back this Weekend A winter ascent of K2 will have to wait for another year as the world’s second-highest peak will go unclimbed this winter. Alex Txikon, Pasang Sherpa, and Cheppal Sherpa had hoped to reach K2’s peak over the weekend, though the weather was not cooperating. They made it as high as 23,130-feet, where they camped to wait out terrific winds that […] Climbing CragBrains | March 22, 2019 0 Comments
13-Year-Old Boy Fell to His Death While Free Soloing in Snow Canyon State Park, UT A 13-year-old Iowa boy fell to his death Sunday afternoon while climbing in Snow Canyon State Park, UT park officials said. The boy, who was visiting the park with his mother and two siblings, was free-soloing without any equipment, including a helmet, when he fell “from a significant height and died at the scene due to injuries sustained from the fall,” […] Climbing CragBrains | March 22, 2019 2 Comments
Bodies of 2 Climbers Missing for 2-Weeks on ‘Killer Mountain’ Nanga Parbat Have Been Found The bodies of a British climber and his Italian partner have been found on a mountain in Pakistan two weeks after they were last heard from. Tom Ballard, 30 and Daniele Nardi, 42 were climbing Nanga Parbat in Pakistan when they lost contact on February 24. Related: Search Called Off for Climbing Duo Attempting Nanga Parbat, Pakistan | Evidence of Avalanche Visible from […] Climbing CragBrains | March 12, 2019 0 Comments
Search Called Off for Climbing Duo Attempting Nanga Parbat, Pakistan | Evidence of Avalanche Visible from Helicopter Bad weather forced rescuers to call off a search Friday for two climbers who went missing in northern Pakistan on a peak known as “Killer Mountain”. Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, who are currently attempting a never before completed winter ascent route of the 8,000er Nanga Parbat in Pakistan, have not been heard from since Sunday 24 February when the two […] Climbing CragBrains | March 1, 2019 0 Comments
‘Free Solo’ Picked Up the Oscar for ‘Best Documentary’ at the Academy Awards Last Night “Free Solo” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 91st Acadamy Awards ceremony last night in Los Angeles, CA. The documentary, directed by husband and wife team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, gives a unique insight into rock climber Alex Honnold’s mindblowing quest to perform a free solo (no harness or safety ropes) ascent of El Capitan […] Climbing CragBrains | February 25, 2019 0 Comments
Experienced Climber Fell to Death on Technical Central Gully Area of Mount Washington, NH The Forest Service has announced the death of a climber who was hiking up a moderately difficult snowy and icy area on Mount Washington, NH the highest peak in the Northeast. 37-year-old Jeremy Ullmann of Somerville Massachusetts died on February 10th after a long sliding fall in the Huntington Ravine area. Snow Rangers from the Mount Washington Avalanche Center responded to […] Climbing CragBrains | February 21, 2019 2 Comments
University Student Dies in 1,600-Foot Fall While Climbing Ben Nevis, UK’s Highest Mountain A climber has died after falling more than 1,600ft on the UK’s highest peak, Ben Nevis. The man was climbing the Scottish mountain with a fellow climber from Cardiff University Mountaineering Club, who miraculously survived the same plunge with just a couple of broken bones. The pair, in their 20s, were scaling Tower Gully on the mountain’s North Face and were […] Climbing CragBrains | December 17, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘What if He Falls?’ | Behind the Scenes of Alex Honnold’s Free Solo El Capitan Climb [arve url="https://youtu.be/3-wjmIFlnNo"] CragBrains | December 5, 2018 470 Likes 2 Tweets 0 Comments
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