Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest Who says you’re too old to do anything? On Sunday, May 23, Arthur Muir became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 29,031 feet, an official from the company that organized the expedition told Reuters. Seventy-five-years old. The average life expectancy for an American male is 78.5 years. Let that sink in for a moment. “Arthur Muir […] Climbing CragBrains | May 28, 2021 0 Comments
Everest Climbing Route To Change After 16 Sherpa Die in Avalanche Last April, 16 Sherpa died in a large avalanche while working on the traditional Everest climbing route. It was the single deadliest day in Everest history. That horrible event triggered a Sherpa strike that shut down the Nepali side of the mountain for the season. No expeditions summited from Nepal last year. The route that those Sherpa died on was the route that climbers have been using since the 1990s. A route that takes climbers, guides, and Sherpa into the climber’s left side of the Khumbu Icefall, where last year’s avalanche happened. […] SnowBrains | February 18, 2015 2 Comments
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