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Andrzej Bargiel Abandons Attempt to Ski Down Everest Due to Unsafe Apartment-Sized Hanging Ice Block

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A hanging chunk of ice the size of an apartment block has forced Polish daredevil Andrzej Bargiel to abandon his bid to ski down Mount Everest, he announced on his Facebook on Monday. The 31-year-old, who last year skied down K2, was making a rare attempt to summit the world’s tallest mountain and then ski down without supplemental oxygen. But a […]

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CragBrains | October 1, 2019
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Avalanche Kills 2 Clients & Guide on Mont Blanc, France | Authorities Not Notified for 36 Hours, Chain Saws & Backhoe Used to Find Bodies

An ice and snow avalanche buried and killed 3 mountaineers near the summit of 15,771′ Mont Blanc in France last Tuesday, August 16th, 2016. Oddly, rescuers weren’t notified of the missing climbers until 36 hours after the accident occurred. The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that there will be a thorough investigation.   By the time rescuers reached the […]

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AvyBrains | August 22, 2016
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Trip Report: Little Switzerland – April in AK

The Colony Glacier. It was a Friday afternoon in April, I was sitting at my desk, twiddling with a database, and contemplating how my life needed more adventure. A text came in from Amy: we’re bailing on the Whale’s Tail Traverse, want to go to Little Switzerland on Sunday? I met Amy once while skiing Turnagain Pass the previous week. […]

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Mike Records | October 7, 2015
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