22,247-Foot Himalayan Peak Kimshung Sees First-Ever Successful Ascent Kimshung (or Tsangbu Ri as it’s also locally known) has long stood as one of the last unclimbed Himalayan peaks since modern climbing first arrived in the region. Standing at a massive elevation of 22,247 feet in Nepal near the border with Tibet, Kimshung has seen numerous failed attempts over the years. Due to its remote location and difficulty of […] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | November 7, 2025 0 Comments
Last Surviving Member of First Mt. Everest Summit Passes Away Peacefully at Age 92 Kanchha Sherpa, a high-altitude porter on the famed first successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, has passed away. Phur Gelje Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said in a statement that Kanchaa passed away in his home of Kapan, Nepal, on Thursday, October 16. Kanchha was a member of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Everest. […] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | October 22, 2025 0 Comments
2 Mongolian Climbers Missing For 5 Days Confirmed Dead on Mt. Everest In a tragic turn of events, two Mongolian climbers, Usukhjargal Tsedendamba and Purevsuren Lkhagvajav, have been confirmed dead on Mt. Everest after reaching the summit on May 13. The climbers were reported missing on May 12 after setting out for the summit without personal guides and were later confirmed deceased on Friday. Pemba Sherpa, Director at 8K Expeditions, revealed that […] SnowBrains | May 21, 2024 0 Comments
A Dangerous Queue Formed on K2 as 145 Climbers Summit in One Day—That’s Double the Average Number of Summits for an Entire Year A scary scene emerged out of Pakistan just a few weeks ago as climbers documented a massive queue on the second-highest mountain on Earth. On July 22, a significant traffic jam occurred on K2 Moutain as a whopping 145 climbers summited the peak in just one day. A new record—that’s double how many usually summit in a season! It also […] Climbing Nick DeRiso | August 8, 2022 1 Comment
Moab, UT Report: Post-Ski Trip Desert Climbing Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Tuesday, May 4-Wednesday, May 5, 2021 We skied. We climbed. We conquered. But really we just hung out and had a good time in the desert. After an intense ski down one of North America’s 50 classic ski descents in the La Sal Mountains near Moab, Utah on Monday, it was time […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | May 7, 2021 0 Comments
Trip Report: Rest Day in Maple Canyon, UT Report from Dec. 6, 2020 This report is brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Co. A rest day is a day when you don’t ski. And because I’ve skied the past 23 days in a row, I figured I could give the ol titanium legs a break from the hardpacked slopes. This is how we wound up at Maple […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | December 7, 2020 2 Comments
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