Nepal to Implement Strict Rules for Everest Permits to Prevent Another Deadly Season Climbers wanting to take on Mount Everest will be required to have already scaled 6,500-meters (21,325 feet) peaks, undergone proper training, possess a certificate of good health and have insurance that would cover rescue costs if required under new proposals by a government panel seeking to improve safety on the world’s highest peak. Related: Andrzej Bargiel Plans to Ski Everest […] Climbing CragBrains | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Acute Mountain Sickness | Know The Effects And Risks That Altitude Can Have In Your Body. A Polish woman went unconscious and then passed away last month in the middle of a mountaineering expedition in Manaslu, Nepal. Earlier this year, many climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest lost consciousness and perished on the way to the top. Similar situations happen every year in mountains all around the world. The reason? High Altitude Sickness or Acute Mountain […] Industry News Micho | July 17, 2019 2 Comments
Sherpas Bring Down 4 Dead Bodies and 11-TONNES of Trash From Seasonal Everest Clean-Up Sherpas have retrieved four dead bodies and 11 TONNES of rubbish in a Mount Everest clean-up as part of a drive to clean up the world’s highest mountain. A clean-up team of 20 Sherpa climbers has brought down five tonnes of litter in from different camps sites above the base camp and another six tonnes from the areas below, said […] Climbing CragBrains | June 6, 2019 0 Comments
8 Climbers Feared Dead in Himalayas as Avalanche Hits India’s Second Highest Peak Indian rescuers searching for a group of eight climbers who went missing while climbing Nanda Devi, India’s second tallest mountain say the chances of finding them in the Himalayas are “bleak”. Two Indian air force helicopters were searching the mountains, but officials said the operation had to be suspended due to unfavorable conditions. The group was attempting to scale the previously […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 3, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATE: Experienced Mountaineer Stranded on One of the World’s Most Difficult Peaks has Been Rescued UPDATED: 4/26/19 – A Malaysian climber has been recovered alive near the summit of Mount Annapurna in Nepal, a trekking company has said, two days after he went missing. Climber Wui Kin Chin was spotted by a search party in a helicopter and was being taken by four rescuers to the closest camp, said Mingma Sherpa, the head of Seven Summit […] Climbing CragBrains | April 25, 2019 0 Comments
Did the 2015 Earthquake Shrink Everest? Nepalese Team to Settle Exact Height Once and For All We have put a man on the moon, landed a craft on Mars and just took a picture of a black hole. But, a little closer to home, we still don’t know how high Mount Everest is. What we do know is that it is the highest mountain on our planet, and the current measurement we have, 29,029-feet, or 8,848-meters, […] Brains SnowBrains | April 17, 2019 0 Comments
David Lama Claims First Ascent of Lunag Ri Near Everest. Alone Although climbing permits have been issued to a number of teams of for attempts at Lunag Ri, this stunningly beautiful peak of 6,907 meters (22,660′) remains unclimbed. At least until last month when 28 year-old Austrian mountaineer David Lama changed that. Located only 25 miles west of Mt. Everest, it sits on the borderline between Nepal and Tibet. Lama not only completed […] Climbing Jon Roubik | November 30, 2018 0 Comments
Friday Fun: Yeti Hunting Declassified by US Government When thinking of the Himalayas, Everest and mountain climbing often come to mind for most, and for a few, images of the Yeti or Abominable Snowman are conjured up. While never proven, the legend of the Yeti has its roots in Western popular culture as far back as the eighteenth century. Many indigenous peoples and visiting mountaineers have reported strange […] Friday Fun Jesse Cassidy | October 19, 2018 0 Comments
UPDATE: Violent Snowstorm Kills 9 Climbers on Seldom Climbed 23,600′ Mt. Gurja in Himalayas, Nepal UPDATE: 15th October 2018, 0430 PST: The death toll of the violent storm in the Himalayas has risen to 9, officials report. The bodies of the nine climbers who died when the powerful snow and ice-storm hit their camp on Mount Gurja in Nepal have been retrieved, reports the BBC. The party of five South Koreans and four Nepali guides were found scattered […] Industry News CragBrains | October 15, 2018 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Resident Aiming to Make First Ever Ski Descent of Lhotse, World’s 5th Highest Mountain A group of four Americans have announced plans to try to ski the world’s 5th highest mountain, Lhotse which summits at 27,940-feet (8,516m) and is close to Mt Everest in the Himalayas. Parts of Lhotse, one of the world’s 14 peaks above 8,000m (26,247-feet), have been skied already, but no one has made the full top to bottom descent reports snow-forecast. […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 14, 2018 0 Comments
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, […] Biking CycleBrains | August 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Conrad Anker Had a Heart Attack at 20,000ft | His Partner Continued up One of the Himalaya’s Most Technical Peaks Alone [arve url="https://youtu.be/KrQmiTui9yg"] CragBrains | August 11, 2018 17 Likes 2 Tweets 0 Comments
Are Sherpas Doing the Most Dangerous Job in the World? A Third of all Everest Deaths are Sherpas It’s possible it’s one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Sherpas guide foreigners to the top, set ropes and ladders, and carry everything from food to tents and oxygen canisters up, risking their own lives so foreigners can summit the world’s highest peak. For most, it’s just a job, but foreign climbers bring a lot of money to Nepal, […] SnowBrains | April 18, 2018 1 Comment
New Study Reveals Impact of Global Warming could be an Increased Avalanche Risk The planet’s warming, and the Himalayas, of course, are not exempt. One result of those rising temperatures could be increased avalanche risk, according to a new study published last week, reports outsideonline.com. The researchers focused on the Western Himalaya, a region that’s seen more and farther-reaching slides in the last 50 years. “In many slopes in the Himalayas, the snow is not a limiting factor, but the warmer temperatures […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 21, 2018 0 Comments
Study Reports that “Impact of Global Warming is Evident” in the Himalayas The Himalayas, the world’s highest mountains, are getting warmer, according to a study published in science journal Current Science, livemint.com reports. “Total precipitation (rainfall + snowfall) was found to increase whereas snowfall was found to decrease with concurrent significant increase in rainfall at all zones of NWH,” the study said. It warned that rising trends in liquid precipitation have a negative […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 27, 2018 0 Comments
Nine Year Old Girl Becomes Youngest Person Ever to Summit Himalayan Peak 9 year old Kaamya Karthikeyan reached the summit of Stok Kangri, 6,153 metres (20,187 feet), at 9:45am on August 8th. In doing so she became the youngest person ever, smashing the previous record held by 11 year old Vaassangyaan Chaudhary. Stok Kangri is the highest mountain in the Stok Range of the Himalayas in the Ladakh region of northwest India. The peak is […] Climbing Steven Agar | August 14, 2017 0 Comments
Video: Sherpas Rescue Climbers Near Everest Summit Back in May, Jabar Bhatti became the fourth Pakistani Climber to summit Everest with the help of Sange Sherpa. On the way down the two climbers would face a near death situation. The pair reached a difficult point on the descent, but the situation did not look too serious. Groups ascending near them left them supplemental oxygen tanks, but offered no […] Climbing Jake Rubnitz | July 31, 2017 0 Comments
K2 First Descent? Mountaineer Will Attempt To Ski The Infamous Peak Climbing K2 is considered one of the most difficult feats in the world. To date, under 400 people have ever summited the treacherous peak. It is the world’s second tallest mountain, reaching 28,251 feet above sea level and is located on the Chinese-Pakistani border. Now, Andrzej Bargiel plans to become the first person to ski it. To put the craziness of […] Climbing Jake Rubnitz | July 13, 2017 5 Comments
Professional Climber Anna Smith Passes Away Climbing in Himalayas Internationally renowned Canadian climber, Anna Smith, 31, passed away unexpectedly over the weekend while on an expedition in the Indian Himalayas. Smith and her climbing partner, Alison Criscitiello, had been granted the Mugs Stump Award for their plan to tackle the rigorous Brahmasar II. Flooding in the area of Brahmasar II forced Anna and Cristcitiello to change their plans. They moved further […] Industry News Robin Azer | October 4, 2016 2 Comments
VIDEO: Massive Himalayan Avalanche Caught on Film Yesterday A massive avalanche was filmed from the basecamp on the north side of Zanskar 1 in the Himalaya yesterday. There were a few avalanches this day but this was the largest. This is most certainly one of the largest natural avalanches ever caught on film… It’s hard to understand the scale here. These peaks are over 20,000-feet tall. “On our first full […] Avalanche AvyBrains | September 3, 2016 0 Comments
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