“Of all the post-Second World War British mountaineers,” Sir Chris Bonington told Rock and Ice, “Doug Scott was undoubtedly outstanding and joins the rich pantheon of international pioneering climbers from around the world.”
Patrick Edlinger was the first true icon of sport climbing, famous across 1980s France for his daring exploits and bohemian lifestyle. In 2012, fighting depression and the bottle, he died in a tragic accident at just 52. What happened?
Kurt Albert defined free climbing and took it to the remote mountains of the world. Behind the stories of wild adventures and great deeds, there was something exemplary in the life cut short.
Powerful new helicopters and long-line rescue in the Himalaya are changing the high-altitude game and fueling the booming business of guiding. but will the sport of high-altitude climbing survive?
The story of one of alpine climbing's shining stars, who died in the Himalaya in 2009.