Climbing

Hiker and Climber Killed This Weekend in Incidents on Utah’s Mount Superior and Mount Olympus

utah

Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SLCOSAR) in Utah responded to two separate incidents over the weekend that unfortunately resulted in two deaths. Early Friday (5/21) morning, SLCOSAR was called out for a missing hiker who had gone out the day before to climb Mount Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The man made it to the summit in the […]
Post Tag for ClimbingClimbing
CragBrains |
0 Comments

The Story of ‘Historical Badass’ Ned Gillette | From Skiing Earth’s Highest Summits to Being Shot to Death in Pakistan

August 1998, deep in the northern Pakistani controlled sector of Kashmir, Ned Gillette and his wife Olympic skier Suzy Patterson set out with the hopes of accomplishing the “trek along the flanks of Nanga Parbat (at 25,660 feet, the world’s 10th-highest mountain) and then making their way across a 16,000-foot pass at the edge of the Chogo Lungma.” An ambitious journey to say the least, however Gillette and his wife Patterson were accustomed to such adventures in their time, skiing, sailing, and climbing all over the globe. […]
Post Tag for Featured ArticleFeatured Article
Jesse Cassidy |
15 Comments

Salt Lake City, UT Report: Multi-Sport Season Blossoms—Skiing, Climbing, Biking, and Debauchery

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing  Report from Thursday, May 13, 2021 It’s that time of year. The time of year where you want to squeeze in as many outdoor activities into one day as humanly possible—and can.  You can get your springtime adventure-fix in every which way—snow, rock, dirt, the party scene, etcetera.  On Thursday, May 13, we skied […]
Post Tag for ClimbingClimbing
Play Video
Martin Kuprianowicz |
0 Comments

China Cancels Mount Everest Climbing Season From Tibetan Side Over Covid-19 Concerns

Climbers on The Summit Ridge of Everest

Authorities in China, concerned about the spread of covid-19, have canceled spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest. Related: China to Enforce Social Distancing Rules on the Summit of Mount Everest The General Administration of Sport of China said that they had canceled all permits issued to Chinese climbers. Officials are worried about the covid-19 outbreak in Nepal […]
Post Tag for ClimbingClimbing
CragBrains |
0 Comments

2 Climbers From America and Switzerland Died of Exhaustion on Wednesday on Mount Everest

Mount Everest

Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland died Wednesday on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s climbing season, expedition organizers in Nepal report.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵 (@14dawa) Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 41, died after reaching the 29,032-foot summit, and American climber Puwei Liu, 55, […]
Post Tag for ClimbingClimbing
CragBrains |
0 Comments