Cyclist Completes First ‘Everesting’ on Everest | 41-Hours Non-Stop, 29,030-Feet Climbed, 220-Miles Covered Since late 2013, riders around the world have been attempting to “Everest” their local climbs; trying to complete enough ascents of one climb to amass 29,030-feet of vertical gain, the height of Mt. Everest, reports Cycling Tips. Nowadays, “Everesting” is a global phenomenon, more than 2,700 “Everestings” have been completed, from roughly 2,000 riders, in almost 80 countries. But now, […] Cycle CycleBrains | August 13, 2018 0 Comments
A Biogas Digester Could Solve Everest’s Growing Poop Problem Mount Everest has a poop problem. The 1,200 people that try to climb the world’s highest peak every year make a lot of it and the poop fairy doesn’t like the cold. Right now, Sherpa’s have taken it upon themselves to haul out the mess by hand – roughly 28,000 pounds of it this year. Gross. Gorak Shep, a frozen lakebed […] Climbing Mike Lavery | August 11, 2018 0 Comments
71,000-Pounds of Waste Removed from Everest | Nearly Half of that is Human Excrement With the end of the year’s main climbing season, mountaineers generated over thirty tonnes (over 70,000 pounds) of waste below Camp II on Mt Everest, an official at Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) said. After nearly 1,000 climbers and their support staff spent about two months on the slopes of Everest this season, “Locals collected more garbage in the region this […] Climbing Steven Agar | July 6, 2018 0 Comments
Polish Ski Mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel Taking Another Shot at First Ski Descent of K2 K2, the second highest peak in the world, has never been skied from the summit. A number of unsuccessful attempts have been made, including one last year by Andrzej Bargiel. Unfazed by the danger, he’s back and giving it another go. Climbing K2 is a huge accomplishment in itself, with only about 300 people ever having stood on the summit. It was […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | June 21, 2018 1 Comment
“Into Thin Air” Everest Climber Charlotte Fox Dead at Age 61 Everest climber and Telluride local Charlotte Fox died on Thursday after an apparent fall down a flight of steep stairs at home. Back in the 90’s she was the first American woman to climb 3 peaks over 8,000m and had continued climbing right up until the time of hear death. Most famously, Fox was a survivor of the Everest accident chronicled […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 31, 2018 0 Comments
Sherpa who Disappeared During $50,000 Cryptocurrency Everest Stunt is Still Missing Last week, we reported on the Ukrainian Everest expedition that left $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency on the summit of Mount Everest. On May 14, Taras Pozdnii, Dmitry Semerenko, and Roman Gorodetskiy summited the mountain and buried the goods as part of a publicity stunt for an Irish social media startup. It turns out one very crucial piece of information was missing from […] Climbing SnowBrains | May 30, 2018 0 Comments
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 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, 2018 0 Comments
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