Tourists are Attempting Europe’s Highest Peaks Dressed in Shorts and Sneakers Italian mountaineers have spoken out at the number of ill-prepared tourists just turning up and trying to climb some of the continent’s highest Alpine peaks in shorts and trainers. There have been a recent number of incidents in which flabbergasted climbers have come across day-tripping tourists wearing jeans and sweatshirts working their way through the snow at altitudes of up […] Climbing Steven Agar | August 30, 2018 0 Comments
Trip Report: Mt. Shasta, CA via Casaval Ridge Mt. Shasta, CA via Casaval Ridge A guest post from Brandon Arrastia of BrandonClimbs.com Mt. Shasta Facts: • It’s the second highest peak in the Cascades next to Rainier (No.1) • Over 15,000 summit attempts are made every year with only a third being successful. • Most of the climbing is done via the popular Avalanche Gulch • Casaval ridge has […] Trip Report Guest Author | August 30, 2018 0 Comments
14,411′ Mt. Rainier, WA Kautz Route Trip Report Brandon Arrastia, 24 was born and raised in Miami and a love of the outdoors born from fishing and hiking in his local area led to his current passion. Coming from Florida, a life dedicated to mountaineering is probably as far from his childhood as he could imagine. A few years ago I took an interest in mountaineering being that […] Trip Report Guest Author | August 25, 2018 0 Comments
Inyo Search and Rescue Recover Dead Hiker from Middle Palisades Glacier, CA On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Interagency Dispatch Center in Bishop of a deceased male subject on the northeast face of Middle Palisades Peak, California. The third hand reporting party described the area as the “Red Rock Route” at approximately 12,900”. On Sunday, August 19 two Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers began […] Climbing CragBrains | August 23, 2018 0 Comments
Mayor Wants a Permit System to Prevent “Thrill Seekers and Dangerous Buffoons” from Climbing Mont Blanc As deaths and rescues continue to increase, a French mayor has called for a ban on “ill-prepared thrill-seekers” attempting to climb the overcrowded Mont Blanc. 400 climbers each day in summer attempt Western Europe’s highest peak (15,781-feet), but most are novices, according to Jean-Marc Peillex, the local mayor. Many attempt the ascent without proper equipment, as if they were going […] Climbing CragBrains | August 21, 2018 0 Comments
Lone Texan Hiker Had to be Airlifted Off Maroon Peak, CO Due to Injuries Sustained from a Fall A Texas man who was climbing Maroon Peak, Colorado alone Sunday fell nearly 100-feet and had to be airlifted to safety, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday evening. At 14,163-feet, Maroon Peak is the 27th highest peak in Colorado. A call came into dispatch just before 1 pm that a man had fallen into a gully and had injuries […] Climbing CragBrains | August 20, 2018 0 Comments
Committed Climbers Taking to Californian Crags Donning Gas Masks During Wildfire Season The Ferguson fire in Yosemite has created toxic air and is raining ash. This still doesn’t stop @ryansheridan from getting a couple laps in on a boulder. #gasmask #fergusonfire #bouldering #livewithoutlimits #adidasterrex #adiout #fiveten #brandofthebrave #heretocreate #adidasoutdoor #adidas #terrex #adidasnmd #adidassuperstar @adidasterrex @fiveten_official A post shared by Justin Olsen (@justinreedolsen) on Aug 2, 2018 at 4:22pm PDT Climbing areas across […] Climbing CragBrains | August 20, 2018 1 Comment
Williamson Rock, SoCal Climbing Ban May Be Lifted Now Endangered Frog is Thriving For 13 years, one of Southern California’s premier and most popular climbing destinations, Williamson Rock, located 20 miles northeast of Pasadena in the Angeles National Forest, has been off-limits to climbers. Why, you ask? An endangered amphibian, the diminutive mountain yellow-legged frog, writes Adventure Journal. In recent decades, the frog’s population had dwindled to roughly 100 individuals. As climbers began […] Climbing CragBrains | August 16, 2018 0 Comments
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