Calls to Boycott China Winter Olympics Grow The 2022 Winter Olympics in China are just under a year away but already a hotly contested subject. Several groups and individuals have called for a boycott of the Winter Olympics, citing human-rights abuses against minorities by the Chinese government. As the list of objectors continues to grow, the appeals for a boycott have become tough to ignore. The leading […] Olympics Alex Mangels | May 28, 2021 8 Comments
10 Facts About Mount Everest’s Mountaineers A new study looking at the success and death rates on Mount Everest reveals interesting facts about the mountaineers who climb it. Some of their findings are not surprising, such as a decreased death rate due to better gear and weather forecasting. Check out the list below, are there any that you wouldn’t expect? Related: Nepal to Insist that Trekking […] Climbing Alex Camerino | September 12, 2020 2 Comments
Former Gurkha Close to Being First Ever to Climb the 14 Tallest Mountains in Under a Year After completing Phase I and Phase II of his 14 mountain mission, Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has just 3 mountains left before breaking the most impressive record in mountaineering. Nims is a former Gurkha soldier, a group of British-hired Nepalese soldiers who have a reputation of fearlessness. He certainly embodies this reputation as he nears his goal of smashing the existing […] Climbing Joseph Phillips | August 1, 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
NASA Satellite Images Help to Explain What Caused Twin Mega-Avalanches in Tibet A post yesterday on the NASA Earth Facebook page explained what caused two huge, fatal avalanches in Tibet over a two month period. In July 2016, the lower portion of a valley glacier in the Aru Range of Tibet detached and barreled into a nearby valley, killing nine people and hundreds of animals. The huge avalanche, one of the largest […] Avalanche Steven Agar | February 8, 2018 0 Comments
UNPRECEDENTED: Two 21 Trillion-Cubic-Foot Glacier Avalanches in Same Region of Tibet in 10 Weeks: A 21 trillion cubic foot glacier avalanche came down near Dungari village, a remote area of Tibet, on July 17th, 2016 killing 9 people, 100 sheep, and 350 yaks (see photos above & below). This avalanche was 3.7 miles long and up to 100 feet deep. Then, the impossible happened: another approximately 20 trillion cubic foot glacier avalanche came down in […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | October 26, 2016 0 Comments
9 People, 100 Yaks, 350 Sheep Killed in Large Avalanche in Tibet on Sunday Nine people, 100 yaks, and 350 sheep were killed in a large avalanche in Western Tibet on Sunday according to Chinese state media. The people killed were all residents of Dungru in Ngari prefecture that lies 620 miles west of Tibet’s capital city Lhasa. All 9 of the people killed were sheep herders. Dungru sits at over 15,000 feet, is […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 18, 2016 1 Comment
Shangri-La China | Woman in Traditional Tibetan Dress Shangri-La China. 10,000 feet. China, very near the Tibetan border. This is one of the Tibetan cities outside of Tibet. Photo from October 2012. SnowBrains | May 7, 2013 0 Comments
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