Rock and Ice spoke with Tenji Sherpa on his and Vinayak Jay Malla’s attempt to summit Manaslu in winter, alpine style (no supplemental oxygen, fixed high camps, or fixed lines).
Nims told Rock and Ice in a Skype interview about the first winter ascent of K2, "It was for Nepal. We were trying to show the world that we could make the impossible possible."
The Alpine Club (UK) has opened applications for attendees to join a trip to Zermatt, Switzerland to travel and climb in the footsteps of Lucy Walker and Meta Brevoort who, in 1871, made the first female ascents of a number of iconic European peaks, including the Matterhorn, Weisshorn and the Dents Blanche.
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In light of the ongoing pandemic, many operators are cancelling their 2021 Everest expeditions while others are going ahead.
Colorado locals Corey Buhay and Keenan Griscom took gold in Ouray’s 26th annual mixed climbing competition.
Trump initiated the transfer of Oak Flat in his final days in office.
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A Gucci / The North Face collaboration? Why not? We could all use a bit of comic relief.
Parks Victoria released its new draft management plan for Gariwerd/Grampians last year. Our friends down under at Vertical Life magazine take a look at the draft from a climbing perspective.
Maestri is best known for controversy surrounding climbs on Cerro Torre in Patagonia---his debunked claim of the first ascent of the peak in 1959, and his subsequent Compressor Route on it in 1970---but his other achievements in and around Europe make him a standout figure in world climbing.
Mountaineers Alex Goldfarb and Sergi Mingote have both perished in the Pakistani Karakorum, the former during an attempt on Broad Peak and the latter on K2.