Woman Smashes Mount Everest Summit Speed Record by 13-Hours A woman from Honk Kong has just destroyed the record to become the fastest woman to summit Mount Everest. Tsang Yin-hung, 45, crushed the previous record of 39 hours and 6 minutes by more than 13-hours. Related: Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest The teacher, from Honk Kong, made her ascent from base camp at 17,390-feet to the world’s […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
American Alpine Institute Warning Mount Baker, WA Climbers of Huge Serac Expected to Fall Catastrophically This Summer Attention climbers thinking of tackling Mount Baker this summer. The Coleman-Deming route currently has a hazard that those climbing Mount Baker should be aware of. The serac on top of Colfax Peak is separating and will likely fall catastrophically sometime this spring/summer. AAI guides have often seen people taking breaks beneath Colfax Peak in the debris zone. It is important that […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Man Becomes Oldest American to Summit Mount Everest Who says you’re too old to do anything? On Sunday, May 23, Arthur Muir became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 29,031 feet, an official from the company that organized the expedition told Reuters. Seventy-five-years old. The average life expectancy for an American male is 78.5 years. Let that sink in for a moment. “Arthur Muir […] Climbing CragBrains | May 28, 2021 0 Comments
Hiker and Climber Killed This Weekend in Incidents on Utah’s Mount Superior and Mount Olympus Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SLCOSAR) in Utah responded to two separate incidents over the weekend that unfortunately resulted in two deaths. Early Friday (5/21) morning, SLCOSAR was called out for a missing hiker who had gone out the day before to climb Mount Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The man made it to the summit in the […] Climbing CragBrains | May 24, 2021 0 Comments
TRAILER: Alex Honnold Making Insane First Ascents Deep in the Amazon Jungle [arve url="https://youtu.be/KDanmpq56Nw"] CragBrains | May 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
China Cancels Mount Everest Climbing Season From Tibetan Side Over Covid-19 Concerns Authorities in China, concerned about the spread of covid-19, have canceled spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest. Related: China to Enforce Social Distancing Rules on the Summit of Mount Everest The General Administration of Sport of China said that they had canceled all permits issued to Chinese climbers. Officials are worried about the covid-19 outbreak in Nepal […] Climbing CragBrains | May 17, 2021 0 Comments
Half Dome Cables in Yosemite National Park, CA Will Be Ready For the Season on Wednesday Yosemite National Park, CA, just announced that the Half Dome cables would be up for the season on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. A permit is required to summit Half Dome. Most permits are available via preseason lottery, but a limited number are available every day, two days in advance. Additionally, all permits for May 19–May 27 will become available two […] Climbing CragBrains | May 17, 2021 0 Comments
2 Climbers From America and Switzerland Died of Exhaustion on Wednesday on Mount Everest Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland died Wednesday on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s climbing season, expedition organizers in Nepal report. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵 (@14dawa) Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 41, died after reaching the 29,032-foot summit, and American climber Puwei Liu, 55, […] Climbing CragBrains | May 14, 2021 0 Comments
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