5-Year-Old Twins Break Record For Becoming the Youngest to Summit Mount Shasta Mount Shasta, the infamous, 14,179-foot volcanic mountain located in Northern California, can be found on the bucket list of numerous mountaineers around the globe. To summit this majestic, towering peak, most experienced climbers dedicate weeks of training and acquire the necessary resources in order to successfully reach the top. From the fastest ascent to the number of times climbed, various […] Climbing Emily Crofton | September 21, 2020 2 Comments
Hiker Fell 1,000-Feet to His Death From Utah’s Highest Mountain, King’s Peak The four-day search for a missing hiker on King’s Peak in Utah ended Sunday when crews discovered his body. The body of Kyle Wimpenny, 25 from Boise, ID was discovered in the High Uintas at about 2:30 pm yesterday. From initial investigations, it looked like he fell 1,000-feet while attempting to summit King’s Peak. Kyle was reported missing on Wednesday […] Climbing CragBrains | September 21, 2020 3 Comments
Alex Honnold Ties the Knot! Free Solo Climber Marries Sanni McCandless in Ceremony Officiated by Tommy Caldwell Alex Honnold is going solo no more. The Oscar-winning rock climber and his fiancée Sanni McCandless got married yesterday in a small family ceremony on the shores of Lake Tahoe, CA. Fellow rock climber Tommy Caldwell officiated the ceremony. We got married!! Small family ceremony on the lake, officiated by @tommycaldwell, totally lovely all the way around. @sannimccandless was radiant as […] Climbing CragBrains | September 14, 2020 7 Comments
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10 Facts About Mount Everest’s Mountaineers A new study looking at the success and death rates on Mount Everest reveals interesting facts about the mountaineers who climb it. Some of their findings are not surprising, such as a decreased death rate due to better gear and weather forecasting. Check out the list below, are there any that you wouldn’t expect? Related: Nepal to Insist that Trekking […] Climbing Alex Camerino | September 12, 2020 2 Comments
VIDEO: Ice Climbing the Disappearing Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa Red Bull ice climber Will Gadd embarks on a mission to have one last shot at climbing the glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro. In 2014, Will made several first ascents of Kilimanjaro’s ice towers. Now, as the mountain’s iconic ice cap disappears rapidly, he returns to make a last ascent. During those elapsed years, some glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro lost upwards […] Brains Clay Malott | September 12, 2020 0 Comments
Latin American Women Sets New World Record For Climbing Earth’s Three Highest Peaks All of us dream of being on the top of the world, but very few actually reach the top. Viridiana Àlvarez Chàvez had a bigger dream, climb the three highest peaks on the planet (Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga) in record-setting time; a daunting task for even the most experienced of climbers. Viridiana completed the task in an inspiring length of […] Climbing Ryan Flynn | August 28, 2020 2 Comments
Via Ferrata: The Most Exciting Summer Adventure At Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, BC After skiing at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Columbia for the past 15 years of my life, I thought I had covered all of the heart-stopping terrain that the mountain had to offer, but I saw it in a whole new light this summer when I found myself on their Via Ferrata, hanging on a swinging suspension bridge over […] Climbing Lucy Ferneyhough | August 25, 2020 1 Comment
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