Colorado Man Missing Over 1-Week After Summiting 13,916′ Mount Meeker, CO A Fort Collins, CO man went missing after summiting 13,916′ Mount Meeker, CO on Saturday, June 30th, 2018. 38-year-old Brian Perri was last seen hiking up Mount Meeker on June 30th. On June 30th, he texted a photo of himself on the summit of Mount Meeker. “He texted a friend a photo of him on the summit of Mount Meeker.” […] Climbing CragBrains | July 7, 2018 0 Comments
Rescuer Slams Climbers Who Used Social Media to Raise the Alarm in the Remarkables Range, New Zealand Two climbers were rescued from the Remarkables Range, New Zealand after one took to social media to say they were stranded with no rope, reports the New Zealand Herald. The two men, believed to be from England and the United States, got into difficulty near the summit of a 656-foot snow and ice route known, ironically, as Fridays Fool about […] Climbing CragBrains | July 6, 2018 1 Comment
In Separate Incidents Two Climbers Fall to their Deaths this Weekend | Teewinot Mountain, WY and Mt. Stuart, WA In separate incidents, 2 climbers fell to their deaths whilst climbing this weekend. 27-year-old Burak Akil was found dead on the east face of Teewinot Mountain in Grand Teton National Park, WY and 32-year-old male Seattle resident, Varun Sadavarte, fell several hundred feet while descending Mount Stuart, WA just before noon Sunday. As reported by the Jackson Hole News & Guide, when […] Climbing CragBrains | June 28, 2018 0 Comments
Solo Climber From New Jersey Found Dead After Fall in Grand Teton National Park, WY A 27-year-old New Jersey man, Burak Akil, was found dead in Grand Teton National Park’s 12,330′ Teewinot Mountain on Sunday, June 24th 2018, according to park officials. “Akil was climbing solo, wearing a helmet and had appropriate climbing gear, including an ice axe and crampons.” – GTNP Park officials suspect that he fell during his descent. It wasn’t discovered that […] Climbing CragBrains | June 27, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Crevasse Rescue for the Modern Climber | Instructional Course from Expert Mark Smiley [arve url="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/147392/"] CragBrains | June 14, 2018 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Speed Climbing Record For The Nose of El Capitan Smashed. Again. Five days ago, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell shattered the speed record on the Nose route on El Capitan in Yosemite, climbing the line in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds. But always believed they could go faster, reports Outside Online. “From the get-go, we’ve been talking about sub two,” Honnold said after the climb. “I think we can. We’re going […] Climbing CragBrains | June 8, 2018 0 Comments
Warning Posted About Capitol Peak, CO in Hope of Preventing Repeat of Last Year’s Fatalities Following a number of fatalities on Colorado’s Capitol Peak last year, climber Brad McQueen gives us a warning ahead of this summer season – there is no shortcut down Capitol Peak. It was a bit sobering being up on Capitol today given how things went up there last summer. I photographed what I think is the spot that provided temptation to […] Climbing CragBrains | June 7, 2018 0 Comments
Two Expert Climbers Fall to Deaths Whilst Speed Climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan Two experienced climbers fell to their deaths on Saturday morning whilst speed climbing on the lower pitches of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan, a section called Freeblast, in Yosemite National Park. Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, CO and Tim Klein, 42, from Palmdale, CA were simul-climbing through Pitch 9 or 10, 5.7 terrain approaching Mammoth Terraces when the incident occurred at around 8:15 […] Climbing CragBrains | June 4, 2018 1 Comment
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