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[VIDEO] “Eternal Solo”—A Story of Courage on the Nameless Tower

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One of the most daring solo ascents in recent memory will come to life on the big screen as Eternal Solo, a new documentary from Italian mountaineering brand Grivel, makes its world premiere at the 73rd edition of the Trento Film Festival in Italy on April 27. The film chronicles Stefano Ragazzo’s bold solo climb of the Nameless Tower via […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | April 21, 2025
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The Top 7 Olympic Winter Sports That Didn’t Make the Cut

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The Winter Olympic Games are not even 100 years old. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and in those 98 years some disciplines and events have come and gone. For the 2028 games in Milan/Cortina, Italy, a new discipline was added with dual moguls, taking it to a total of 16 disciplines and 116 separate […]

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Julia Schneemann | October 11, 2022
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VIDEO: Breithorn // The Matterhorn’s Neighbor

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CragBrains | September 1, 2021
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Tech CEO Suing Everest Guiding Company for Not Summiting | Case Could Set Alarming Precedent

Seattle mountaineering guide Garrett Madison and Silicon Valley tech CEO Zachary Bookman were supposed to summit earth’s tallest peak together in September 2019. But they didn’t and instead, they’ve entered a legal battle. The dispute has dragged on for over a year now and has resulted in two separate lawsuits. It all started when Bookman paid for a guided expedition […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 21, 2020
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VIDEO: Heart-Racing Footage Walking on Icy, High-Alpine Ridge

Exciting moments crossing icy cliffs from r/Mountaineering Video courtesy Reddit This is not where you walk up to your buddy, grab him by the shoulders, and say “don’t fall!”

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VIDEO: Skiing off the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France

View this post on Instagram How did you start your day? This was ours! Thanks amigos 🤙🏼🙏! • • @kaestleski @scarpaspa @thenorthface A post shared by Mike Arnold (@mike_d_arnold) on Oct 8, 2020 at 7:56am PDT Mike Arnold is an American UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide an Athlete who now lives and plays in the Italian Dolomites.  This video of the alpine […]

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HAPE: The Number One Killer in the High Alpine

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High Alpine Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a life-threatening ailment and the number one killer at altitude. HAPE occurs as fluid accumulates in the lungs. The typical individual that HAPE afflicts is someone who lives at low elevations and travels above 2500 meters. It is thought that 1 in 10,000 skiers who ski at moderate altitudes in Colorado will develop HAPE. […]

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Robert Hansen | November 8, 2018
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Trip Report: North Coulior of Thunderbolt Peak, CA | February 17th-19th, 2018

This is me. In this moment, I’m perched on a ledge about the size of a desk, on a ridge at about 13,900′, with thousands of feet of exposure on either side of me. I’m belaying my partner, Tyler Karow, as he’s about to set out over the next bump on the ridge to see if it’s the 5.9 summit […]

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Roger Romani | February 22, 2018
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