One Killed and Two Seriously Injured as Rockfall Hits Campsite on Mt. Rainier, WA One person was killed and two others were injured after a rockfall tore through a campsite on Mount Rainier Wednesday night, the National Park Service said. Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher says a rescue team responded to six climbers caught in a rockfall at 10,400 feet 8 pm Wednesday. Bacher says a climber on the Liberty Ridge route […] Climbing CragBrains | May 31, 2019 0 Comments
Boulder, CO Man Dies After Summiting Congested Mount Everest | 11th Death in 10-Days A Boulder, CO climber became the 11th victim in the last 10-days when he died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher Kulish, a 62-year-old Boulder attorney, died Monday at a camp below the summit during his descent. […] Climbing CragBrains | May 28, 2019 0 Comments
3 More Killed on Congested Mount Everest | Death Toll at 7 in the Last Week Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organizers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded peak of the world’s tallest mountain to seven. Hundreds of mountaineers have attempted to summit Everest’s 29,029-foot peak over the last couple of days when the weather cleared, sparking a bottleneck and ‘summit traffic jam’ that led […] Climbing CragBrains | May 24, 2019 0 Comments
Utah Man and Indian Woman Caught in Everest ‘Traffic Jam’ Died After Reaching the Summit Yesterday A Utah man died Wednesday while descending Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers attempted to summit the world’s tallest mountain during favorable conditions. Donald Lynn Cash, 55, of Sandy, collapsed while returning from the summit early in the morning, the Himalayan Times reported. Climbing guides tried to save him, even offering him their oxygen. Guides carried Cash below the Hillary […] Climbing CragBrains | May 24, 2019 0 Comments
Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 24th Time | Second Time in a Week Breaking His Own Record A Sherpa today extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world’s highest peak. Kami Rita reached the 29,035-foot peak Tuesday, his second summit of the week. He climbed to the top on May 15, setting a then record of 23 summits, then returned to base camp before climbing again this week. Related: […] Climbing CragBrains | May 21, 2019 0 Comments
49-Year Old Sherpa Summits Everest for a Record Breaking 23rd Time A 49-year-old sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for a 23rd time on Wednesday, setting a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, Nepali hiking officials said. Kami Rita Sherpa, a native of Thame village located in the shadow of Mount Everest, reached the 29,035-feet summit via the Southeast Ridge route, accompanied by another Sherpa, […] Climbing CragBrains | May 17, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: What’s it Like to Summit Everest? Climber Films the Intense Final Steps and Breaths taken to Reach the Top [arve url="https://youtu.be/NhBzhi9jPFs"] SnowBrains | May 6, 2019 73 Likes 7 Tweets 0 Comments
Clean-Up Team Has Removed 3-TONNES of Trash from Mt. Everest (and They’ve Only Just Begun) A dedicated clean-up team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tonnes of garbage in its first two weeks, officials said Wednesday, in an ambitious plan to clean the world’s highest rubbish dump. Decades of commercial mountaineering have left the pristine mountain polluted as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. […] Climbing CragBrains | May 2, 2019 0 Comments
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