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 ...

Concluding the Fall Himalayan Climbing Season The second, or fall, climbing season in the Himalaya will soon end. Deep winter will soon envelope the highest mou ...

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

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

In a time when climbers often choose their own ambitions over assisting others, I recall the heroic efforts of Simone Mora in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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