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 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Aussie Steve Plain Climbs the Seven Summits in only 117 days. A New Record. News from the world of climbing just keeps flowing in! Earlier in the week, before the record setting Everest climbs on Wednesday, Aussie Steve Plain quietly completed his last of the “7 Summits” in a record time of 117 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes. Steve’s time beat the record of 126 days set by Polish climber Janusz Kochanski last […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 18, 201888 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
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, 20187 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
The Art of the Ascent: Skinning Tips from Dynafit’s Donny Roth Katy Shipley | May 17, 201811 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Kami Rita Sherpa summits Everest for a Record 22nd Time A good weather window means things are going off on Everest right now! Kami Rita Sherpa, a veteran mountain guide, topped out on Everest early this morning for a record 22nd time! He and nine Chinese climbers summited from the Nepal side and were safely on their way down to a lower camp by the afternoon. The 48 year old […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 16, 2018320 Likes 0 Tweets 2 Comments
Double Amputee Summits Everest on Fifth Attempt Xia Boyu, a Chinese climber and double amputee, just conquered Everest. After four previous attempts, losing his feet from frostbite, and fighting lymphoma, he never gave up. According to Outside, “at 8:26 a.m., on Monday, the now 70-year-old Xia finally stood on top of the world.” Xia and his team were led by Imagine Trek and Expedition. They left at 8pm Sunday […] Climbing Katy Shipley | May 16, 201832 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
Legendary Climber Hans Florine Broke Multiple Bones After A Fall While Climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan According to Mercury News, World Famous Climber Hans Florine was airlifted to the hospital on Friday after a fall while climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. At 1:30pm on Thursday, Hans was ahead of his climbing partner Abraham Shreve, when a nut that he used to secure his rope broke loose. Here's a peek into my mind and what I […] Climbing SnowBrains | May 7, 201833 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
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