AvatarM MStoryboard7 Summits: The World’s Highest Mountains by ContinentCurated byWorldatlas.comAlmost 30 years ago, Dick Bass and Franck Wells conceived the idea of the 7 Summits. This challenge consists of climbing the highest mountain of each of the seven continents. Dick Bass was the first one to succeed in this challenge in 1985. It has become a goal for climbers around the world, and around 500 people have met the goal as of 2020. Mountaineers can agree that climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of each of the world’s continents, is among the supreme accomplishments
AvatarM MMountaineer Viridiana Álvarez Chávez of Mexico snags Guinness World Records titleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Viridiana Álvarez Chávez was 28 when she first started exercising. She was 36 when she broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent of the top three highest mountains with supplementary oxygen (female) in only one year and 364 days. Chávez completed the trifecta of climbs in 2019 and …
AvatarM MGerman Team Makes Second First Ascent in 3 Days | The Adventure Blogadventureblog.net - Kraig BeckerLast week I posted an update of the quiet, yet still unfolding, climbing season in Pakistan, where very few teams have arrived this summer. Thanks to …
AvatarM MCustom Knife on a Budget? Check Out Gerber's New Online Shopgearjunkie.com - Written by Mary MurphyGerber’s new knife customization interface allows you to build out a blade with the touch of a button. Portland-based Gerber Gear just announced a …
AvatarM M'If you hide the wine, they will find it' : Lessons from 20 years as a ski chalet hostThe Telegraph - Justine GoslingCatherine “Breezy” Breese stepped away from the chilli she was stirring at the hob to face me and folded her arms across her chest to think. “Well, I make six cakes for afternoon tea each week, and there are 16 weeks in a ski season. I’ve worked 20 seasons here so…” I tapped the numbers into the …
AvatarM MWorld’s highest mountains – and size-isn’t-everything alternativesverified_publisherCNNCNN — Simply finding the Seven Summits – the highest mountains on each continent – is a tall order. Let alone measuring them all to within a few frustratingly ever-evolving feet, naming them after rock star 19th-century British colonial land surveyors and Polish-Lithuanian generals – and, get this, …