VIDEO: Story of Survival – Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse in Chamonix [arve url="https://youtu.be/Xpx4ajgaL08"] Guest Author | June 8, 2020 70 Likes 4 Tweets 13 Comments
PHOTOS: Snow-Cat Falls Into Deep Crevasse in Zermatt, Switzerland Although ski resorts may be like ghost towns right now the slopes still need to be managed and basic day-to-day mountain ops kept on top of in anticipation of that day, hopefully not too far away, that we’re allowed to play there again. This snow-cat working on a Zermatt, Switzerland glacier got a shock this week while maintaining the slopes – […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 8, 2020 0 Comments
The Deadliest Accident in the History of Mount Rainier, WA Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the state of Washington at 14,411 feet- almost three miles high. It is located about 59 miles south of Seattle. Almost two million people visit this national park each year. It is a stratovolcano, meaning that its height is built largely from many layers of hardened ash, lava, and pumice. Mount Rainier last […] Avalanche Sydney Stephens | November 1, 2019 2 Comments
Climber Survives 30-Foot Fall into Crevasse on Mt. Rainier, WA and Manages to Climb Out A mountain climber credits his quick thinking, and a lot of luck, helping him survive when he fell into a crevasse on Mount Rainier, WA. The incident occurred at the beginning of August, but Graham Parrington and his team are just now talking about it. Graham Parrington and his team had just summited Rainier and were heading back down to camp, […] Climbing CragBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
2 Airlift Rescues from Mount Shasta, CA Last Week | 1 Broken Leg and 1 Woman Fell 30-Feet into a Crevasse The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to two incidents on Mount Shasta, CA Thursday involving injured or endangered mountain climbers stranded at high elevations and in need of rescue, reports KDVR. Related: Mt. Shasta, CA Report: Thanks to Big Winter Snowpack Climbing Routes Are in Excellent Condition 21-year-old climber Collins Bakasa from Hayward, California was the first call after […] Climbing CragBrains | August 21, 2019 0 Comments
Woman Dies After Plunging into Deep Crevasse on Swiss Glacier A woman has died after she plunged into a deep crevasse on a Swiss glacier on Thursday during a trek to the Strahlhorn mountain. The 58-year-old Brit walked straight into a crevasse along the Allalin Glacier located in the Pennine Alps near the Allalinhorn in the canton of Valais at around 4.30am. Related: Story of Survival: Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse […] Climbing CragBrains | August 2, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Wipes Out Just Above Crevasse | Tomahawks Right into It When you #tomahawkTuesday into Narnia (Jerry was unharmed, he crawled out on his own with his dignity still in tact) #ifyoudontknowdontgo #narnia #stelvioglacier // Jerry Hunter @elmigiulio A post shared by Colton // Jerry of the Day™ (@jerryoftheday) on Jun 19, 2018 at 7:42am PDT If I was to come up with a list of ‘worse places to wipe out’, […] SnowBrains | June 23, 2018 1 Comment
VIDEO: Crevasse Rescue for the Modern Climber | Instructional Course from Expert Mark Smiley [arve url="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/147392/"] CragBrains | June 14, 2018 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
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