Vertical rebirth — Assad’s fall has opened up huge, previously untouched mountain areas for people to explore. Bushra Alzoubi meets a trio of sibling rock climbers who are building a scene from scratch.
Howard Somervell was Mallory's closest friend on the mountain during the groundbreaking first ascents of Everest, taking part in an expedition which reached a record 27,000ft
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America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest peaks in the world: Mount Everest in 1963, and K2 in 1978. Jim Whittaker was born in Washington state on February 10th, 1929. His identical twin brother Lou was born on the same day. […]
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After successfully climbing 3,000 vertical feet —making this route one of El Capitan's longest and most challenging—DiGiulian reflects on the experience itself.
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A man who dreamed he died of a heart attack took it as a sign and was soon diagnosed with a dangerous heart condition. Jeremy Schwartz had a “vivid” dream in which he suddenly died of a heart attack while climbing Ama Dablam, a 22,000-foot mountain he was due to climb during the then-upcoming month […]
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Nine experienced university students died in mysterious circumstances on Death Mountain in the Ural Mountains in 1959, with bodies found bearing strange injuries including missing tongues and eyes that continue to baffle investigators decades later
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