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explore7summits · 21 days
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Scaling the Heights to the Top of Africa - Climbing Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru in Tanzania
The sultry breezes, the Southern Cross and the smell of Tanzanian coffee beans wafted down from the slopes of Kilimanjaro on our arrival in Tanzania. An hour later we were at the Keys Hotel for dinner, with a chilled beverage and a quick review of the maps for our upcoming ascent of both Mt. Meru and the Western Breach route on Kilimanjaro. We had a quick two weeks and two peaks before us. On the…
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explore7summits · 1 month
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Where is the Best New Route on Everest? And Who is Bold Enough to Try It?
Where Are the new routes to be done on Everest?
Are there any good new routes left to be done on Everest? Of course there are – truly magnificent lines, you just have to know where to look. And then you need to be just a bit bold and brave enough to try it. A real climbing day, on a new route, on Everest, is still one of the best days out you will ever have. And you will be making history. Everest, North Face from Pang La, Tibet. The North…
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explore7summits · 1 month
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After Everest's Deadliest Season, and a Record 18 Dead, How Many Will be Climbing This Year?
Why were there so many deaths last year on Everest? And will it deter people from climbing this year? Or is the danger just part of the appeal? Once the weather was good last year, the ropes were fixed by 14 May. The weather window extended for weeks and no massive events occurred that would endanger a host of climbers all at once. It felt colder than usual as many reported, but Everest is…
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explore7summits · 4 months
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From Urban Streets to Himalayan Peaks: In Conversation with Chris Warner: the Second American to Successfully Summit all the Worlds’ 8,000 Metre Peaks
RMA: Growing up in the East in the USA doesn’t necessarily inspire a lot of climbers? Chris: I grew up in New Jersey, and the town parole officer dragged me into the woods for five days on a hoods-in-the-woods trip, one of the first Outward Bound alternative programs in the country. RMA: So what was the trouble? Chris: I was extremely entrepreneurial. That’s how I got in trouble. Not to go…
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explore7summits · 5 months
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From Urban Streets to Himalayan Peaks: In Conversation with Chris Warner: the Second American to Successfully Summit all the Worlds’ 8,000 Metre Peaks
RMA: Growing up in the East in the USA doesn’t necessarily inspire a lot of climbers? Chris: I was in Jersey, and the town parole officer dragged me into the woods for five days on a hoods-in-the-woods trip, one of the first Outward Bound alternative programs in the country. RMA: So what was the trouble? Chris: I was extremely entrepreneurial. That’s how I got in trouble. Not to go into…
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explore7summits · 6 months
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Tragedy Strikes Shishapangma with Death of American Woman and her Sherpa Guide, Another Woman and Guide Missing
Climbing to the top of the lowest 8,000 metre peak, Shishapangma, (8,027 metre 26,335 feet), should have been routine for American climbers Anna Gutu and Gina Rzucidlo. They had already done all the rest of the worlds’ 14 tallest peaks, touching the top of the world on Everest and successfully braving the frightening slopes and black rock of K2. Shishipangma, a stunningly beautiful peak rising…
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explore7summits · 6 months
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Chris Warner Makes History as the Second American to Summit all 8000-Metre Peaks
Chris Warner and Chrring Sherpa topped out on Manaslu today, with Chris becoming just the second American to complete all 14 of the worlds’ 8,000 mètre peaks. Chris and Chhiring atop Manaslu, Chris finishing off the 14, 8,000 metre peaks on a rather fine day. Photo: 8k Expeditions Chris is well known amongst the Himalayan climbing fraternity, as well as on the corporate lecture circuit, but has…
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explore7summits · 6 months
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Over 300 Climbers Now Headed for Manaslu. Is This the Best Timing?
The Himalayan fall season has long been when those planning on heading for Everest the following year, set their sights on the 8,000 metre peaks, Cho Oyu, Shishapangma or Manaslu. With China seemingly opening, and then suddenly closing to climbers this year – that only leaves Manaslu. As of 15 September, 301 permits have been issued. This is currently down on last years numbers, but there could…
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explore7summits · 7 months
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Gasherbrum 2 - the Top Photos, and Photos From the Top
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explore7summits · 7 months
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explore7summits · 7 months
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Whose Fault Was it That High Altitude Porter Muhammad Hassan Died on K2?
What was Muhammad Hassan even doing at over 8,000 metres on K2? From reports he was inexperienced, his gear was inadequate, he wasn’t using oxygen and he somehow managed to slip off the trail. Yes it was dark, yes he was very high up, yes he could of been in one of the many small avalanches that occurred. But should he have even started up the mountain? Was it then his fault for leaving Base Camp…
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explore7summits · 7 months
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In the Depths of the Karakoram, at the End of the Baltoro, Past Hidden Peak, to Climb Gasherbrum 2
It is a very long ways up the Baltoro Glacier, just to Concordia. Days and days of walking, where it is easy to trip, as looking down at the black rock covering the glacier is oft interrupted by having to look at the rocks above, the towering, glowing rocks of the Trango Towers 1,000’s of metres overhead. Joys of trekking up the Baltoro. Headed for Concordia, Gasherbrum 4 just right of center,…
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explore7summits · 9 months
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Everest North Face Solo - from Nine Lives - Expeditions to Everest, Chapter Six
Perhaps one of the closest of the close of losing out on my nine lives… The skis went into their ski bags, in the height of summer, in Colorado. And they came off the yak and out of their ski bags in the height of the monsoon, in Tibet. The skis were orange and aptly, or at least nearly correctly, named ‘Nepal’. With alpine touring bindings and thick purple skins, they went on at 5,800 metres…
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explore7summits · 9 months
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Hamish Harding - The Explorer We Knew
Hamish texted to let me know when his driver would pick me up: “He is in a blue Rolls Royce Phantom. Nearly there I believe.” Hamish and I had been introduced by Shane Lundgren, who I had flown together with to the North Pole in a pair of biplanes. With Hamish and Shane both accomplished pilots and also working in the aviation industry, they had met and become friends. When I’d moved to Dubai,…
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explore7summits · 10 months
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From New Routes up Everest without Oxygen to Landing at the North Pole in a Biplane. Triumphs, Tragedies and the Occasional Tear from the Heights.
In his podcast series Whiskey and a Map, Michael J. Reinhart interviews explorers from around the world, starting with the premise: “Imagine yourself seated in your favorite pub. A map lying out on the old wooden table. Whiskey liberally poured into your glass. Your guest places a finger on the map and begins “there I was …” My interview had to start with a story from The New York’s Explorers…
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explore7summits · 10 months
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Manaslu Summit! Kristin Harila Summits a Record Setting Nine - 8,000 Metre Peaks in 44 days
Having started her 8,000 metre quest just 44 days ago, Kristin now has completed 9 of the 14, 8,000 metre peaks, with her ascent of Manaslu on 10 June. This includes all the peaks in Nepal, as well as Shishapangma in Tibet. That is 9 – 8,000 meter peaks in an average of one every 5 days. Incredible and almost unbelievable. A number of these will be done in close to, if not record times. Kristin…
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explore7summits · 10 months
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Nine Lives: Chapter 3. Everest North Face - Life is Dangerous
Nine Lives: Chapter 3. The North Face, Super Couloir - Life is Dangerous
In the evening, we climbed up 330 feet (100 meters) of steep snow, pounded and furrowed into hard icy rows by multiple avalanches, which really should of told us something, and reached the bergschrund. The bergschrund, formed by the glacier below pulling away from the Face above, was the line between the gentle, meandering glacial slopes and two miles of vertical ice crystals stacked above us all…
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