We will establish fixed ropes the entire way. As you approach Camp VI, the terrain steepens and you begin to encounter downsloping, slabby terrain. While the rock climbing is not difficult ...

Once held as a practice for the very few, being considered an “extreme sport”, climbing is now regarded as almost fashionable ... routes and the Karstop Evo carabiner retainer on the rope end. The ...

I stayed in Camp 4, Yosemite's notoriously rowdy campground ... Kauk established some of the hardest routes in the valley, almost always climbing with a rope—which may be why he didn't become ...

By restricting himself to 3.8 pounds of climbing gear, 3.5 pounds of camping gear ... Edelrid Micro Jul Belay can be used for both half ropes and twin ropes. Offering high-braking performance ...

Climbing season is coming to end as winter approaches the Himalaya. Climbs underway to Ama Dablam, Island Peak and Loboche ...

The best climbing documentaries of all time, from Free Solo to Mountain Queen - These nerve-shredding films shine a light on ...

THE best holiday park in the UK has been named – and it has a heated swimming pool, adventure trails for kids and an indoor ...

HEMMLEB: Base camp, calling climbing team, do you copy ... His body appears to be mummified. There's rope around his waist, coming down his legs. ANKER: His right leg ... is the end of the ...

She and I had been paired at base camp: her assignment ... can only be reached via technical climbing or rappelling. It took us several days of rigging ropes to access the cave and haul up ...

The short flight from Kathmandu to Lukla offers the first true sense of the expedition’s scale. Stretching for thousands of miles in each direction, the breathtaking vistas of the Himalayas deliver an ...

Today, we examine the climbing history of 7,455m Gangapurna ... The German Alpine Association Gangapurna Expedition led by ...