Chilean Mountaineer Achieves a Guinness Record on 2 of the Highest Peaks in the World Juan Pablo Mohr is a Chilean mountaineer who achieved a Guinness Record on two of the highest peaks in the world. The athlete managed to climb in record time to the top of Everest and Lhotse, two of the highest peaks in the world above 26,000 feet. He made this journey without having to return to base camp in less […] Climbing Sebastian Opazo | August 12, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Gnarliest Couloir Ever Skied? | 28,000′ Lhotse Couloir [arve url="https://youtu.be/wPXSFVruIHI"] SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
The World’s 5 Tallest Peaks and How Dangerous They Are To Climb Climbing big mountains is dangerous stuff. For most people, that’s just common sense (for others it’s not). Which of the world’s 5 tallest peaks is the deadliest? K2 is the second highest peak on Earth but stands as the most dangerous to climb. An insane 23% of people who attempt K2 never make it back alive. That’s almost one in […] Climbing Mike Lavery | September 13, 2019 1 Comment
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
Climbers In NASA Study Make Illegal Turns Down Everest The Himalayan Times is reporting that two climbers who were part of a NASA study on Mt. Everest made an illegal ski descent for which they were not permitted. Professional climber Willie Benegas, and Dartmouth College Sophomore Matt Moniz, laid down tracks on the Lhotse Face from Camp III down to Camp II without obtaining the proper authorization from the Nepalese […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | May 8, 2018 0 Comments
Legendary Mountain Climber, Ueli Steck, Died Near Everest On Sunday Ueli Steck, a famous Swiss rock climber and mountaineer died Sunday in an accident near Mount Everest. All climbers and mountaineering communities will remember Ueli. He was not only a talented mountaineer, he was a legendary person, who has set several climbing speed records. He summited Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and summited all Alpine peaks higher than 4000 m in […] Claire Weiss | April 30, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Himalayas at 20,000 ft. | Teton Gravity Research In yet another incredible video from the folks over at TGR, unprecedented footage of the Himalayas takes us up to 20,000 ft. to see Everest, Lhotse, and Ama Dablam. The aerial cinema experts at Teton Gravity Research release the first ultra HD footage of the Himalayas shot from above 20,000 ft. with the GSS C520 system, the most advanced gyro-stabilized camera system in the world. Filmed from a helicopter with a crew flying from Kathmandu […] ameliatraynor | March 4, 2015 0 Comments
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