China to Enforce Social Distancing Rules on the Summit of Mount Everest China will enforce social distancing rules at the top of the world by drawing a “separation line” on the summit of Mount Everest to prevent the spread of covid-19 from climbers ascending from the Nepal side. A team of Tibetan mountaineering guides set up the separation line at the peak before the 2021 climbing season began. Climbers accessing the summit […] Climbing CragBrains | May 12, 2021 0 Comments
Tesla Installs Supercharger Station at Mount Everest Base Camp Tesla China yesterday announced the installation of eleven new Supercharger stations along a 1,550-mile route, including one at Mount Everest base camp. The route goes from Chengdu to Tingri. “We drove over 2500+ kilometers, across 13 sea levels 4000+ miles high, passing 20+ famous landscapes.” – Tesla China Tesla China has also installed Supercharger lines along two routes, both around 1,400-miles, […] SnowBrains | April 29, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Vintage Footage of Alpinist Almost Killed on 1970 Attempt to Ski Mount Everest On May 6, 1970, Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese professional skier & alpinist, did the unthinkable in an attempt to ski down Mount Everest. No stranger to Everest, Miura has summited the mountain on multiple occasions. He became the oldest man to summit Everest at the age of 80 in 2013. With a parachute strapped to his back, Miura started at […] Featured Video Alex Mangels | March 11, 2021 0 Comments
Mount Everest | The World’s Highest Mountain Just Got Almost 3-Feet Taller “What is the height of Mount Everest?” is a common tie-breaker question in many a pub quiz. For those that had the number memorized for such an occasion, it’s time to update your knowledge. Mount Everest has just been confirmed as being even higher than originally thought. “We can be confident that this is the most accurate height of Everest […] SnowBrains | December 8, 2020 0 Comments
10 Facts About Mount Everest’s Mountaineers A new study looking at the success and death rates on Mount Everest reveals interesting facts about the mountaineers who climb it. Some of their findings are not surprising, such as a decreased death rate due to better gear and weather forecasting. Check out the list below, are there any that you wouldn’t expect? Related: Nepal to Insist that Trekking […] Climbing Alex Camerino | September 12, 2020 2 Comments
Mount Everest Reopening for Autumn Climbing Season After a four-and-a-half-month closure, Nepal has announced Mount Everest, and the surrounding Himalayan Mountains will be reopening. Nepal originally announced March 13, 2020, that the Himalayas would be closed for trekking and climbing through the end of the year. Related: A History of Everest | What It Took to Reach the Roof of the World The Himalayas are home to […] Climbing Taylor Stephan | August 3, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory Last week Mount Everest was visible from Kathmandu for the first time in living memory. The picture above, taken from Chobar by Abhushan Gautam, of the world’s highest peak over 120-miles away, would not have been possible two months ago, reports the Nepal Times. Related: Brain Post: 17 Interesting Facts About Mount Everest Due to the global lockdown to prevent […] SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 85 Comments
Work Completed on World’s Highest 5G Tower – On Mount Everest Workers have finished installing the highest 5G tower in the world – on Mount Everest. The mast was installed at 21,325-feet by China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei. Everest is 29,028-feet high. Related: A History of Everest | What it took to Reach the Roof of the World Yaks have been used to carry over eight tons of high-tech infrastructure up […] Climbing CragBrains | May 5, 2020 1 Comment