How To Train Yourself To Step On The Top Of The World while living in Colorado Everybody knows about Mount Everest and some of us may even dreamed to step up on top of the world. But only few people actually climbed that mountain. “On the summit day, you feel like you’re really, totally on the edge. If anything goes wrong — it was scarier than I thought it would be.” –Doctor Tracee Metcalfe Here is […] Claire Weiss | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
Performance-Enhancing Drugs On High Altitude Mountains – Doping or Life Saver? In competitive sports, doping refers to the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors, where the term doping is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of banned drugs to enhance performance is considered unethical, and therefore prohibited, by most international sports organizations, including the International Olympic Committee. Furthermore, athletes (or athletic programs) taking explicit measures to evade detection exacerbates the ethical […] Climbing Claire Weiss | January 8, 2017 4 Comments
Should Kids Climb Everest? | 12-Year-Old California Boy to Climb Everest Next Month According to the Washington Post, 12-year-old Tyler Armstrong is currently waiting for the call that will grant him permission to attempt to climb Mount Everest, Earth’s highest peak. Tyler has been dreaming of climbing Everest for years and if he is granted permission and makes it to the top, he will be the youngest person ever to scale the mountain. Breaking records […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 4, 2016 10 Comments
VIDEO: “Trouble on Everest” | The Story of the Sherpa Everest isn’t what it used to be. Brawls, crowding, inexperienced climbers, and the exploitation of the Sherpa. A brawl on Everest? Director Jennifer Peedom set out to uncover tension in the 2014 Everest climbing season from the Sherpas’ point of view and instead captured a tragedy when an avalanche struck, killing 16 Sherpas. Sherpa tells the story of how the […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | October 24, 2015 0 Comments
How To Trek to Everest Base Camp: editor’s note: Zeb Blais wrote this post for his guide company Alpine Mountain Works. Please check out his site feel free to email him any questions here: info@alpinemountainworks.com *** The Himalaya is an intimidating mountain range. Steep, jagged rock, huge glaciers, and extreme altitudes are thrust in your face as soon as you enter the Nepal. I had been trying […] Zeb Blais | October 19, 2015 0 Comments
Only Person to Attempt Mt. Everest This Year Abandons 2nd Attempt According to the BBC, the Japanese climber, Nobukazu Kuriki, who has lost 9 fingers attempting to climb Everest 5 times, has abandoned his second attempt at summiting 29,028-foot Mt. Everest this fall. Nobukazu is the only person to attempt Everest since the earthquake that caused the avalanche that killed 18 people in Everest Base Camp and over 9,000 people in […] Industry News Miles Clark | October 8, 2015 1 Comment
New Everest Regulations to BAN Inexperienced Climbers Naples officials will be enforcing new regulations that ban inexperienced climbers from attempting Mount Everest. Overcrowding has become an issue on the mountain, with around 600 people coming to attempt the summit every year. In May of this year, there were 150 climbers within the last 3,000 feet of the summit- on the same day, causing traffic jams on critical portions of the mountain. Climbing SnowBrains | October 2, 2015 1 Comment
Hell-Bound to Summit Everest | Japanese Climber Tries for Summit One More Time After losing 9 fingers to Everest during 5 attempts to summit in 6 years, would you give up on your Everest dreams? Even if you now had to attempt the mountain solo and without supplemental oxygen? Nobukazu Kuriki isn’t not giving up and it very well may cost him. Nobu is the only climber to attempt Everest this year due to the devastating earthquake that caused an avalanche that killed […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 30, 2015 0 Comments
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