Scientists Install World’s Highest Weather Stations on Mount Everest Scientists have installed the two highest weather stations in the world during an expedition to Mount Everest last week. A team led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University installed two weather monitoring stations at 27,657 feet and 26,066 feet, as well as three other stations across Everest, reports Engadget. Related: Boulder, CO Man Dies After Summiting Congested Mount […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 21, 2019 0 Comments
Boulder, CO Man Dies After Summiting Congested Mount Everest | 11th Death in 10-Days A Boulder, CO climber became the 11th victim in the last 10-days when he died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher Kulish, a 62-year-old Boulder attorney, died Monday at a camp below the summit during his descent. […] Climbing CragBrains | May 28, 2019 0 Comments
3 More Killed on Congested Mount Everest | Death Toll at 7 in the Last Week Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organizers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded peak of the world’s tallest mountain to seven. Hundreds of mountaineers have attempted to summit Everest’s 29,029-foot peak over the last couple of days when the weather cleared, sparking a bottleneck and ‘summit traffic jam’ that led […] Climbing CragBrains | May 24, 2019 0 Comments
Brain Post: 17 Interesting Facts About Mount Everest Everest climbing season is here.  Summits are about to be had.  Lives are about to be changed forever… for better or for worse. MOUNT EVEREST FACTS 1.  Everest grows 4mm higher every year due to geologic uplift. 2.  1 in 10 successful summits ends in death. 3.  Over 4,000 people have attempted to climb Everest. 4. George Everest, Surveyor General of […] Brains SnowBrains | May 3, 2019 101 Comments
Macabre Scenes as Receding Glaciers Reveal Dead Bodies on Mount Everest Melting glaciers caused by global warming are creating macabre scenes on the world’s highest mountain. As the ice sheets recede, expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers’ bodies that have been buried all these years that are becoming exposed, reports the BBC. “Because of global warming, the ice sheet and glaciers are fast melting and the dead bodies […] Climbing CragBrains | March 22, 2019 0 Comments
Mount Everest: The New Hot Place To Get Your Cryptocurrency With all the cool news out of Everest lately, here’s a really strange one. It’s not uncommon at all for people to leave small mementos at the summit of Everest. Last week though, a group of Ukrainian climbers buried $50,000 in cryptocurrency at the top of the world, as if climbing Everest wasn’t expensive enough already. Climbers Taras Pozdnii, Dmytro Semerenko, Roman […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 24, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Mount Everest at Night Watch this video with awe and experience the beauty of Mt. Everest at night in time-lapse. Elia Saikaly explains, “While most climbers slept, I attempted to capture some of the magic that the Himalayan skies have to offer while climbing to the top of the world.” He certainly achieved that with this stunning video of the world’s highest peak. Some […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2018 0 Comments
Nepal Begins Huge National Cleanup Campaign to Remove the Tons of Trash Littering Mount Everest With the increasing popularity of climbers looking to climb Mount Everest each and every spring climbing season, trash has become a serious problem. Often, climbers leave items like empty oxygen bottles, discarded food cans and torn tents in an attempt to save weight, and in turn conserve energy at the oxygen-starved altitude. But like any trash, it soon piles up, […] Climbing Steven Agar | March 21, 2018 0 Comments