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
Everest Left With Piles Of Garbage This Season Nepal has climbers pick up trash on Everest. Image: NBC News Mount Everest has been left with piles upon piles of garbage at Camp II in it’s short 2018 season, including human waste, tents, and other discarded gear. The mountain gets between 70,000 and 100,000 visitors each year. Trash left on Everest 2018 season. Image: Planet Ski More than 700 climbers […] Featured Article Jenah MacGrain | June 6, 2018 1 Comment
Double Amputee Summits Everest on Fifth Attempt Xia Boyu, a Chinese climber and double amputee, just conquered Everest. After four previous attempts, losing his feet from frostbite, and fighting lymphoma, he never gave up. According to Outside, “at 8:26 a.m., on Monday, the now 70-year-old Xia finally stood on top of the world.” Xia and his team were led by Imagine Trek and Expedition. They left at 8pm Sunday […] Climbing Katy Shipley | May 16, 2018 1 Comment
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
Nepal Begins Huge National Cleanup Campaign to Remove the Tons of Trash Littering Mount Everest With the increasing popularity of climbers looking to climb Mount Everest each and every spring climbing season, trash has become a serious problem. Often, climbers leave items like empty oxygen bottles, discarded food cans and torn tents in an attempt to save weight, and in turn conserve energy at the oxygen-starved altitude. But like any trash, it soon piles up, […] Climbing Steven Agar | March 21, 2018 0 Comments
Earthquake-Triggered Avalanche in Nepal: Sherpa Killed, British Climber Injured An earthquake-triggered avalanche took place early Monday morning on Mount Ama Dablam, Nepal. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake resulted in snow and ice rushing down the mountain leaving one British climber injured and a 43-year old Nepalese sherpa dead. Located about 16 km south of Mount Everest, Mt. Ama Dablam is in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal. The incident this morning occurred […] Avalanche Robin Azer | November 28, 2016 0 Comments