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WEBFilip Babicz races up and down the 4 Matterhorn ridges in under 8 hours. On 01/09/2024 the Italian-Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz climbed the four ridges of the Matterhorn in 7 hours 43 minutes and 45 seconds. Furggen Ridge ascent, Hörnli Ridge descent, Zmutt Ridge ascent and Lion's Ridge descent, without external support and gear...
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WEB06/09/2024 - Alpinism. Filip Babicz races up and down the 4 Matterhorn ridges in under 8 hours. On 01/09/2024 the Italian-Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz climbed the four ridges of the Matterhorn in 7 hours 43 minutes and 45 seconds. Furggen Ridge ascent, Hörnli Ridge descent, Zmutt Ridge ascent and Lion's Ridge descent, without external ...
Landslide destroys Alberico - Borgna Bivouac at Col de la Fourche, …
WEBThe Alberico - Borgna bivouac, located just a few meters from and Col de la Fourche (3682m) on the Brenva side of Mont Blanc, was completely destroyed on Friday 26 August due to a landslide. An important piece of alpine history has now disappeared forever. Owned by the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI), the bivouac is dedicated to Corrado ...
Rick Allen rescued by drone in descent off Broad Peak
WEBJul 12, 2018 · Thanks to the help of a drone leading British mountaineer Rick Allen has been rescued in descent off Broad Peak (8047m) in Pakistan. Leading British mountaineer Rick Allen, known above all for the 18-day epic along Nanga Parbat’s immense Mazeno Ridge with Sandy Allan in 2012, was rescued on the slopes of Broad Peak thanks to, remarkably, a drone.
Marmolada glacier collapse kills 11. 'Phase 2' now begins on the …
WEBJul 3, 2022 · A huge portion of the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Dolomites collapsed below Punta Rocca early on Sunday afternoon, killing 11 mountaineers. - All 11 victims have been identified - Phase Two now begins, marked by drone searches for the next 10 days and the collection of findings every 3 days - For safety reasons the mountain has been closed<br>- The Mountain Rescue Service asks for silence ...
K2, all 10 summiters of historic first winter ascent safely back in ...
WEBJan 16, 2021 · Mingma G. 8. Dawa Tenjin Sherpa (Team Mingma G) 9. Kilu Pemba Sherpa (Team Mingma G) 10. Sona Sherpa (SST) All ten Nepalese mountaineers who climbed K2 for the first time in winter yesterday have returned safely to base camp. The news was announced by expedition leader Chhang Dawa Sherpa.
Peter Habeler, 74, climbs Eiger North Face again with David Lama
WEBTimeless mountaineering: aged 74 Peter Habeler, one of the world’s greatest mountaineers who in 1978 made the first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen together with Reinhold Messner, has now climbed the North Face of the Eiger once again. In 1974 Habeler had climbed the mountain in record time with Messner, while now he repeated the route with another world famous alpinist, young ...
El Capitan Freerider: Alexander Huber Yosemite masterpiece …
WEBMayan Smith-Gobat. This autumn Freerider on El Capitan in Yosemite celebrates twenty years as one of the most famous big wall climbs in the world. The first free ascent of this variation to the Salathé Wall dates back to 1998 at the hands of the German alpinists and climbers Alexander Huber and his brother Thomas, yet in actual fact the line ...
Everest: Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding summit in the 1924 …
WEBIn any case theirs, like that carried out in 1924, was a truly exceptional feat. On 14/06 Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding reached the summit of Everest following the footsteps of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine to shed light on the mystery of whether the two reached the summit of Everest on 8 June 1924.
Márek Holeček, Radoslav Groh survive Baruntse NW Face ordeal
WEBMárek Holeček and Radoslav Groh from the Czech Republic are safely in Kathmandu after surviving what can only be described as an epic ordeal on the NW Face of Baruntse, the formidable 7129m peak in Nepal’s Himalaya. Last week Holeček, a two-times Piolet d’Or recipient, and Groh forged a new route up the mountain’s formidable NW Face in ...