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Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe. It may be said to consist of two main aspects, rock-craft and snow-craft, depending on whether the route chosen is over rock or over snow and ice. Both require great gymnastic and technical ability, but experience is also very important part of the latter.
Hazards
The craft of climbing has been developed to avoid two main types of danger: the danger of things falling on the traveller and the danger of the climber falling himself. The things that may fall are rocks, ice and snow; the mountaineer may fall from rocks, ice or snow, or into crevasses in ice or snow. There are also dangers from weather. Thus in all there are eight chief dangers: falling rocks, falling ice, snow-avalanches, falls from difficult rocks, falls from ice slopes, falls down snow slopes, falls into crevasses, dangers from weather. To select and follow a route avoiding these dangers is to exercise the climber's craft. More on [ Mountaineering ]
Altitude Sickness :: Wounds and Injuries
Hypothermia :: Wounds and Injuries
Avalanche :: Backcountry
Italians Rescued from Nanga Parbat
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:16:00 -0500
7/24/08 - Nine days after the death of Karl Unterkircher in a crevasse fall on Nanga Parbat, Unterkircher's climbing partners, Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones, have been rescued from the mountain by helicopter.
The Path and Cobra Crack Repeated
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:52:00 -0500
7/21/08 - Two of North America's hardest traditional rock climbs - both Sonnie Trotter routes in Canada - have been repeated in the past few days.
Patxi Usobiaga Onsights 5.14b/c
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0500
7/21/08 - The Basque climber Patxi Usobiaga has onsighted Home Sweet Home (5.14b/c) at Pierrot Beach, France, his second onsight harder than 5.14b.
Top Italian Climber Killed on Nanga Parbat
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:55:00 -0500
7/17/08 - Karl Unterkircher, one of the leading lights of Himalayan climbing in recent years, has been killed in a crevasse fall while attempting a new route on Nanga Parbat.
Rands Sends South African V12
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:59:00 -0500
7/16/08 - Lisa Rands sent Nutsa (V12) despite rainy weather at the sandstone mecca of Rocklands, South Africa.
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Alaska's Mountain Magazine - Articles. Trip reports and photos. (Alaska, US)
Club 4000 - List of the UIAA official 4000m mountains. Photos.
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Eiger - Photos from the original North Face route. History of ascents.
Everest Base Camp Clinic - Questions about high-altitude medical problems answered by the staff doctor, tutorial on preventing acute mountain sickness (AMS), and suggested emergency supplies.
Everest Dream - Dispatches and photos from the first Iranian to summit Mt. Everest.
Meta Description: [ Everest Dream is a website about Saeed Toossi, an Iranian-American who is attempting to be the first Iranian to reach the summit of Mt. Everest during the spring season of 2000. ]
EverestNews.com - News and expedition dispatches from Everest. Discussion forums. Information on the 8000m peaks and the Seven Summits.
Meta Description: [ The best site for News on Everest and other 8000 meter peak expeditions with daily News updates all Year, Everest News ]
Evert's Photo Gallery - Mountain photos of the Karakoram, Nepal, Tibet, and the Arctic.
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EWP - Mountain, route, access and area information for Kilimanjaro, Africa; Mount Kenya, Africa; and Mount Elbrus, Russia. Photos. Guided tours offered.
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K2 Extreme Mountain Outdoors - Information about mountaineering and big wall climbing in Russia, the Alps, the Himalayas, the Karakoram, and Norway. Articles and photos. English to Russian and Russian to English translations of mountaineering terms.
Meta Description: [ Mountaineering, Big Wall climbing, pass hopping in mountain areas of ex-USSR (Altai, Pamir, Pamir Alai, Tien Shan, Caucasus) and Himalaya, Karakoram, Alps, Norway ]
Krummholz Zone - Offers articles, trip reports with photos, and trivia quiz.
Meta Description: [ Cold winter climbs, backpacking and skiing trips, not all of them successful, along with articles on mountaineering, hiking, whitewater, photography and more. ]
Lingtren.com - Datasheets on the world's highest mountains.
Mount Everest and Himalyan Expeditions - News. Discussion forum. Link list.
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Mountain Pics - Includes photos, webcams, wallpapers, and screensavers.
Meta Description: [ Mountains: photos, webcams, wallpapers and screensavers ]
Mountain.RU - News, photos, and expedition reports.
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MountEverest.net - News from the mountain. How-to articles. Radio Nepal RealPlayer feed. Discussion forum.
Meta Description: [ Everest. MountEverest.net by climbers. The world's premier source for Everest and Himalaya Expeditions. Latest news on all expeditions. Weather and statistic. ]
Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia - Summit logs, photos, and web cams for mountains around the world. Guidebook listing organized by geographic region.
Meta Description: [ Peakware is the web's preimier mountain and mountaineering resource, featuring descriptions, photos, maps, summit logs, guidebooks and more. ]
Risk Online - News. Photos. Expedition and new route information. Information about mountains and reas in Russia. Discussion forum. Results for rock, ice, and bouldering competitons. Content in Russian and English.
Seven Summits - Information on the highest peaks of each of the seven continents. Trip reports. Discussion forum.
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SummitPost.org - Route, mountain, and area information for mountains around the world. Photos.
Tatra Mountaineering Pages - Contains static panoramas of the mountains in addition to wallpaper and QuickTime VRs panoramas.
Mount Everest Summit:This is the Everest Dream, the most awe-inspiring video ever seen. |
