Drug Used by Climbers to Enhance Performance Could be COVID-19 Breakthrough We’ve Been Searching For A drug used by the climbing community to ward off altitude sickness symptoms could be a major breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone has the potential to help save the lives of patients seriously ill with the virus, experts in the UK claim, and so far is the only drug known to reduce mortality. Known […] Climbing CragBrains | June 16, 2020 0 Comments
16-Year-Old Bouldering World Champion Killed in 500-Foot Cliff Fall Teenage climbing sensation Luce Douady has been killed in a fall while exploring cliffs near her home in southeastern France, the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME) reported this morning. Related: Pro Climber Who Had Skied Everest Dies After Fall In Alps The 16-year-old girl was climbing with friends when she slipped and fell almost 500-feet on to an exposed section […] Climbing CragBrains | June 16, 2020 0 Comments
Lone Climber Survives Horrific 1,300-Foot Fall Down Colorado Mountain A climber was lucky to survive when he fell 1,300-feet down a Colorado mountain before slamming hard into a rock field. The 22-year-old man suffered serious lower-body injuries and had to be rescued by Black Hawk helicopter from the side of 12,821-foot Mount Neva in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. He was attempting to climb the technical Juliet couloir. The lone […] Climbing CragBrains | June 12, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Breathtaking: K2 – Climbing The World’s Most Dangerous Mountain With Squaw Valley, CA Based Guides [arve url="https://youtu.be/cvFt2Xcuois"] CragBrains | June 5, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Everest’s Official Height May Change Yet Again With Results of Chinese Survey Team A Chinese survey team summited Mt Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, on Wednesday, May 27. They are likely to be the only people to reach the summit in 2020 after both Nepal and China closed Everest to climbers. China and Nepal shut down the 2020 Everest climbing season due to concerns about COVID-19 spreading among climbers, who live in close […] Climbing Lynn Barlow | May 28, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Whitney Will Remain Closed as Inyo National Forest, CA Provide Wilderness Permits From June 1st In a Facebook post yesterday the Inyo National Forest announced they will be providing wilderness permits through a virtual process, beginning June 1st, 2020, with the exception of Mount Whitney. Related: Inyo County, CA Sheriff’s Office: Do Not Take Part in High-risk Outdoor Activity Mount Whitney day and overnight permits are being canceled one week in advance of the hiking […] Climbing CragBrains | May 26, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Shasta, CA Will Reopen Above 10,000-Feet on May 16th Following a three-week closure above 10,000-feet, Forest Service officials have announced Mount Shasta will reopen on May 16th. In alignment with current federal, state, and local guidance for social distancing and to ensure the health and safety of climbers and employees, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest temporarily closed the area on Mt. Shasta above 10,000-feet in elevation on April 23, 2020, with […] Climbing CragBrains | May 14, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: 2-Hours in 2-Minutes | Watch Time Lapse of Honnold’s and Caldwell’s Record Breaking El Capitan Ascent [arve url="https://youtu.be/XdOzbM_7GMI"] CragBrains | May 9, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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