Well Known Free Solo Climber Austin Howell Fell to His Death on Sunday Popular free solo climber Austin Howell fell to his death when climbing in Linville Gorge, North Carolina, on Sunday. Rescue services were notified of the fall at 11.46 am and reached the victim by rappelling down a cliff. Related: VIDEO: ‘What if He Falls?’ | Behind the Scenes of Alex Honnold’s Free Solo El Capitan Climb Howell, widely known in […] Climbing CragBrains | July 3, 2019 1 Comment
20-Year Old Woman Died After Falling While Scrambling at Grassi Lakes, Canmore, AB A 20-year-old woman died after reportedly falling 115-feet while scrambling in the Grassi Lakes rock climbing area near Canmore, police said. Related: 21-Year Old Hiker Fell 60-Feet to His Death Off Heart Mountain, Near Canmore, AB According to Alberta Health Services, EMS was called to the far end of Spray Lakes Road, in Kananaskis Country west of Calgary, after reports of […] Climbing CragBrains | July 2, 2019 0 Comments
Body of Solo Hiker Attempting All Colorado 14ers Found Between Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point Search and rescue teams combing the mountains in southern Colorado have found the body of a missing hiker. The Denver Post reports Tyler Cline was found dead in the mountains above Crestone on Thursday. He was reported missing last Sunday after he didn’t return from a hike in the area of Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. According to a […] Climbing CragBrains | July 1, 2019 0 Comments
4 Climbers Airlifted from Maroon Bells, Aspen, CO After Getting “Cliffed Out” and Spending Night on Mountain Mountain Rescue Aspen made its second rescue of the season from the high peaks of the Maroon Bells Wilderness early Thursday morning, rescuing four climbers after they got “cliffed out” and had to spend the night on 14,156-foot Maroon Peak. Related: Iconic Maroon Bells Area, Aspen, CO Will Open a Month Late as Crews Clear Avalanche Debris Two men and […] Climbing CragBrains | June 28, 2019 0 Comments
Mt. Shasta, CA Report: Shasta’s Going Off Right Now – Come and Get It! Report from June 23rd, 2019 Come one, come all, to one of the great centers of California backcountry summer skiing: Mt. Shasta, CA. People certainly got the memo that Shasta has been going off. I rolled up to the usually sleepy and very rural Brewer Creek trailhead (still impassible to cars to the actual trailhead due to snow) on Saturday […] Conditions Report Roger Romani | June 25, 2019 0 Comments
Karl Egloff Just Beat Kilian Jornet’s Denali ‘Summit and Back’ Record Alpinist Karl Egloff just set a new speed record for climbing up and back down 20,310-foot Denali (the highest peak in North America). In taking 11 hours and 44 he shaved a whole minute off the previous record, set by legendary Spanish alpinist Kilian Jornet in 2014. Related: Kilian Jornet Just Smashed the World Record for Human-Powered Vertical Skied in […] Climbing CragBrains | June 24, 2019 0 Comments
Climber Dies After Falling from The Great Wall of Stawamus Chief, Squamish, BC Squamish RCMP says a male climber fell 100-feet to his death Saturday while on one of North America’s most famous granite rock faces near Squamish, BC. The victim was climbing on the Great Wall of the Stawamus Chief around 1:45 pm Saturday when he fell. Related: $3.5-Billion Squamish All-Season Resort Projected to Open in 2025 “The Stawamus Chief is a […] Climbing CragBrains | June 24, 2019 0 Comments
Climbers Spent Night on a Ledge and Required Rescue After Fall on ‘Sun Ribbon Arete’ Route, Sierra Nevada, CA On June 15 at around 5:45 pm, a male and female party of two were “simul-climbing” (a climbing technique where all climbers climb at the same time while tied into the same rope) the technical rock route “Sun Ribbon Arete” on Temple Crag in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada. At about 12,600’ (about 200′ from the summit) a […] Climbing CragBrains | June 20, 2019 0 Comments
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