Squaw Valley, CA Based ‘Alpenglow Expeditions’ Forced to Abandon Everest Summit Bid as Oxygen Bottles Fail During an Everest summit bid members of a commercial expedition had to descend rapidly from around 27,887ft when they experienced oxygen bottle regulator failures. During the summit bid on the Tibetan side of the mountain, the group of mountaineers belonging to the Squaw Valley, CA based Alpenglow Expeditions party, led by America’s Adrian Ballinger, encountered serious issues with their supplementary […] Climbing CragBrains | May 18, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Simply Stunning Time-Lapse of a Superhuman Record Breaking El Capitan Climb This time-lapse sped up video of the record-setting El Capitan climb last fall is simply stunning. For a climb that takes most climbers 3 to 4 days, this is an almost superhuman effort. Well worth a watch, just sit back at marvel at these guys. On a cold, misty morning in late October 2017, after 11 previous attempts, Brad Gobright and […] Climbing CragBrains | April 23, 2018 0 Comments
Climber Dead After 800-Foot Fall on Mt. Hood, OR | 7 More Climbers Currently Being Rescued A mountain climber has died after falling 700-1,000 feet on Mount Hood, OR today according to the Clackamas Country Sherff’s Office. A call reporting the fallen climber was received by the sherif’s office at 10:30am today. He reportedly fell from Hogsback, an 800′ spine from the crater to the summit, at around 10,500′. “Climber who fell 700-1000 ft. was declared […] Industry News CragBrains | February 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: 2 Wingsuit Pilots Enter Plane Mid-Air While Traveling 85mph Well, this is crazy. We’d write more about what’s going on here, but we don’t fully understand it ourselves. These two Red Bull wingsuit pilots jump off a 14,000′ peak, then land in an Otter airplane while going 85mph. Insanity… CragBrains | November 28, 2017 2 Comments
61 Million Pounds of Rockfall Injured 1 Climber on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Thursday Multiple rockfalls occurred on famous big wall climbing location El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA this week. A rockfall on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, killed one person and injured another. That rockfall was estimated to have been 1,300-tons of rock. A rockfall on Thursday, September 28th 2017, was much larger, injured one person, and was estimated to have been […] Climbing CragBrains | September 30, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Proximity Wingsuit Flying in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT What these guys do, boggles our minds… “Good News!! there is a sweet 1500 meter wingsuit jump in little cottonwood canyon.” CragBrains | September 29, 2017 0 Comments
2nd Large Rockslide in 24-Hours on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park Today Broke loose again, we just topped out. Ground shaking, rockfall crossed road A post shared by Ryan Sheridan (@ryansheridan) on Sep 28, 2017 at 3:23pm PDT ***UPDATED at 8:22pm PST today: One person was hurt in today’s large rockfall, according to Yosemite National Park. “Another, larger rockfall occurred on El Capitan today at 3:21 pm. One person was injured. Debris […] Climbing CragBrains | September 28, 2017 0 Comments
2.6 Million Pounds of Rockfall Kills 1 Climber on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Yesterday We reported on this tragedy yesterday in Yosemite, CA. Today, Yosemite National Park if releasing more details. Yosemite Rockfall Details: Rockfall occurred on southeast face of El Capitan at 1:52pm yesterday 1,300 tons (2.6 million lbs) of rock fell in 7 successive rockfalls 2 climbers were at the base of El Capitan – one was killed, one was injured The […] Climbing CragBrains | September 28, 2017 2 Comments
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