US Based Female Sherpa Summits Everest For Record-Breaking 10th Time A Nepali Sherpa set a new record for the most Everest summits by a woman when she reached the top of the world for the tenth time on Thursday. Lakpa Sherpa, 48, took advantage of favorable weather to reach the 29,032-foot summit early in the morning to break her own record. The climb had been financed via a crowdfunding campaign. Sherpa, […] Climbing CragBrains | May 13, 2022 0 Comments
2 Climbers Have Died Trying to Summit Mount Everest This Climbing Season A Russian climber died on Mount Everest on Saturday, the second fatality this season on the world’s highest peak. Related: Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory Pavel Kostrikin, 55, died after falling ill while acclimatizing below the summit at Camp 1 at 17,585 feet (5,360 meters). He fell ill at Camp 2 at 20,997 […] Climbing CragBrains | May 9, 2022 0 Comments
Sherpa Summits Everest for Record-Breaking 26th Time Most of us can only dream of reaching the top of the world once in our lifetimes, but this Sherpa just extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 26th ascent of the world’s highest peak on Saturday. Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot peak with ten other Sherpas, a tourism official said. Related: VIDEO: What’s it […] Climbing CragBrains | May 9, 2022 0 Comments
VIDEO: Full Circle Everest Hoping to Make History as First Black Climbing Team to Summit Mount Everest [arve url="https://youtu.be/YfxAIQgwUvk"] CragBrains | September 24, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: World-Record-Holding Climber Colin O’Brady and Joe Rogan Talk Mt. Everest [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdUav0AoDfM"] Jesse | August 24, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Climbers Use Viagra to Treat Altitude Sickness: Is It Cheating? Mountaineers and climbers have been using all kinds of different drugs and supplements for centuries to help their minds, and bodies overcome the extreme climate conditions and extensive physical toll that comes with venturing into high altitudes. One of the most notable being Hermann Buhl, a legendary climber who credits the survival of his then impossible ascent of Nanga Parbat […] Climbing Blake | August 16, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: “MESSNER” – World’s Greatest Mountaineer [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBTKM7ByCVs"] CragBrains | August 3, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tragedies on K2 – Fatal Altitude [arve url="https://youtu.be/2cCd9sNxjU4"] SnowBrains | August 3, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Climbing Mt. Rainier, WA, to Help Sherpa Families in Nepal Three years ago, I attended a presentation on Leadership in the Mountains, led by Melissa Arnot. Melissa didn’t look much different from the rest of us dressed in business casual attire with a small athletic frame and a warm demeanor. It is strange when you meet your heroes, and you realize that they are just people too. Still, Melissa is one […] Katy McClintic | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Highest Known Wedding Proposal on Top of the World as Climber Proposes on the Summit of Mount Everest Andrew Hughes reached the summit of Mount Everest on the morning of May 23rd, 2021, at 10:10 a.m. Standing atop the highest mountain in the world at 29,032-feet he reached into an inner pocket, pulled out a small orange flag, and dropped to his knees as he unfurled the flag which upon it read, “Lauren will you marry me?” Related: Man […] Climbing CragBrains | July 8, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mount Everest Climbers Can Only Stand and Watch as Huge Avalanche Barrels Toward Their Camp [arve url="https://youtu.be/5DIlF8ktrkg"] AvyBrains | June 11, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Ongoing Pandemic Fails to Deter Conga Line Traffic On Everest The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which emerged into the global spotlight 18 months ago, is still raging around the world and continues to disrupt all avenues of life. However, one thing that it has not disrupted is the infamous traffic on the slopes of Mt. Everest. Photos of the crowded ridges and faces of the climb to the top of the world […] Climbing Clay Malott | June 8, 2021 1 Comment
US Singer/Songwriter Mike Posner Summited Mount Everest Yesterday Yesterday, Mike Posner, the pop singer-songwriter announced on Twitter that he had just summited Mount Everest. The climb was the culmination of 18 months of training and weeks of high-altitude hiking. This morning at 4:35 am, Dawa Chirring Sherpa, Jon Kedrowski, Dawa Dorje Sherpa and Mike Posner summited Mt Everest. That’s what I call a sunrise. We are now back at […] Climbing CragBrains | June 2, 2021 0 Comments
Woman Smashes Mount Everest Summit Speed Record by 13-Hours A woman from Honk Kong has just destroyed the record to become the fastest woman to summit Mount Everest. Tsang Yin-hung, 45, crushed the previous record of 39 hours and 6 minutes by more than 13-hours. Related: Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest The teacher, from Honk Kong, made her ascent from base camp at 17,390-feet to the world’s […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
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
China Cancels Mount Everest Climbing Season From Tibetan Side Over Covid-19 Concerns Authorities in China, concerned about the spread of covid-19, have canceled spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest. Related: China to Enforce Social Distancing Rules on the Summit of Mount Everest The General Administration of Sport of China said that they had canceled all permits issued to Chinese climbers. Officials are worried about the covid-19 outbreak in Nepal […] Climbing CragBrains | May 17, 2021 0 Comments
2 Climbers From America and Switzerland Died of Exhaustion on Wednesday on Mount Everest Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland died Wednesday on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s climbing season, expedition organizers in Nepal report. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵 (@14dawa) Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 41, died after reaching the 29,032-foot summit, and American climber Puwei Liu, 55, […] Climbing CragBrains | May 14, 2021 0 Comments
China to Enforce Social Distancing Rules on the Summit of Mount Everest China will enforce social distancing rules at the top of the world by drawing a “separation line” on the summit of Mount Everest to prevent the spread of covid-19 from climbers ascending from the Nepal side. A team of Tibetan mountaineering guides set up the separation line at the peak before the 2021 climbing season began. Climbers accessing the summit […] Climbing CragBrains | May 12, 2021 0 Comments
Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 25th Time Most of us can only dream of reaching the top of the world once in our lifetimes, but this Sherpa just extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 25th ascent of the world’s highest peak on Friday. Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot peak with eleven other Sherpas at around 6 pm, a tourism official said. The group was […] SnowBrains | May 10, 2021 0 Comments
It’s Now Illegal For Everest Climbers to Share Photos of Other Expeditions The Nepalese Department of Tourism has officially banned Everest climbers from taking or sharing photos of any expeditions other than their own. According to Gripped Magazine, the law was put in place to curb the number of viral photos of long lines on the world’s highest peak, such as Nirmal Purja‘s photo of the crowds on the summit ridge that […] Climbing Anson Brown | March 23, 2021 2 Comments
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