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Dziesięć ofiar pod Broad Peak. Tak doszło do katastrofalnej lawiny, w której zginął legendarny himalaista Nirmal Purja
Spis treści Jak doszło do tragedii na Broad Peak? Relacje wspinaczy Większość wspinaczy zrezygnowała Tragiczna lawina z 30 lipca Kim byli himalaiści, którzy zginęli? Nadzieje na odnalezienie żywych wspinaczy Osiągnięcia Nirmala Purji i kontrowersje Ostatnie wiadomości z Broad Peak Gwiazda himalaizmu i dziewięciu innych wspinaczy zginęło w lawinie na Broad Peak w pakistańskim Karakorum. Inne wyprawy opuściły górę już wcześniej z obawy przed skutkami obfitych opadów śniegu.
Himalayan tragedy: Avalanche engulfs world-famous climber Nims Purja Original
David Klein and Ian Overton did not like what they were seeing. By the last week of July the two men had been living under Pakistan’s 26,414-foot Broad Peak for a month, and the mountain in front of them had dramatically changed its mood. They had come to climb it in alpine style without bottled oxygen and no porters. Klein, a Hungarian who led the country’s first ascent attempt on Broad Peak in 2000, and Overton, an American ER nurse, tried Nanga Parbat together in winter 2012.
Meet the Bodyguards Signing Up to Protect America’s Frightened Billionaires
ON a warm day in Las Vegas last January, I was being escorted through a public park by my protection detail. The park was mostly empty, save for a few midday joggers and dog walkers. The detail, consisting of three men and two women walking close to me, and one man farther ahead and another behind, had a clear line of sight across the expanse that also serves as flood control during torrential summer rainstorms. Everything seemed peaceful but, suddenly, there was trouble.
"Vorrei non esserci mai andato": il racconto di Krakauer a 30 anni dalla tragedia dell’Everest
L’alpinista e scrittore Jon Krakauer, nell'anniversario di uno dei disastri alpinistici più letali di tutti i tempi, riflette su quanto accaduto, le sue conseguenze e sulle condizioni attuali della montagna.
Osm mrtvých za jednu noc a vina, která stále nepomíjí – Krakauer o Everestu po třiceti letech
Desátého května uplyne třicet let od chvíle, kdy přes horní partie Everestu přehnala bouře a v jedné noci zabila osm horolezců. Šlo tehdy o jednu z nejsmrtelnějších horolezeckých katastrof v historii. Do konce sezóny zahynulo na hoře celkem dvanáct lidí.
'I wish I'd never gone'
4 days ago Scaling the world’s highest mountain is a very different experience than it was when I climbed it. When the first edition of Into Thin Air was published not long after the 1996 Mount Everest calamity, during which eight climbers died in a violent storm, I assumed that the disturbing events I …
'I wish I'd never gone' Original
On May 10, it will be 30 years since a squall swept across the upper reaches of Everest, killing eight climbers that night in what was then one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters of all time.
Angolští duchové ve sloní kůži. Vědci po desetiletích pátrání nalezli ztracené stádo
Abraão António Luhoke přitiskl dlaň k mělkému otisku v půdě, velkému a plochému jako servírovací talíř. Jeho povrch pokrývaly praskliny a rýhy po silné zvětralé kůži. Duchové by neměli zanechávat stopy, ale já zíral přímo na jednu takovou, zřetelně vyznačenou v písčité půdě angolské východní vysočiny. Byl příjemný den suché sezóny na konci června.
Tras la pista de los elefantes fantasma
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Tras la pista de los elefantes fantasma Autores: Grayson Schaffer, Jasper Doest (fot.) Localización: National geographic, ISSN 1138-1434, Vol. 58, Nº. 3 (MAR), 2026, págs. 76-103 Idioma: español Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...) Resumen Escarmentados por décadas de guerra, los últimos elefantes de las tierrras altas de Angola parecen una especie distinta. Para los ecólogos que estudian a estas sigilosas manadas, lo difícil es encontrarlas.
Searching for Angola’s ghost elephants
Abraão António Luhokepressed his palm into a shallow indent in the soil as big and flat as a serving platter. Cracks and striations left by thick weathered skin crisscrossed its surface. Ghosts aren’t supposed to leave tracks, but here I was staring down at one, clearly marked on the eolian sand of Angola’s eastern highlands. It was a pleasant dry-season day in late June.
Jim Morrison is first to ski down Everest’s Hornbein Couloir
American Jim Morrison trains in the shadow of Everest’s north face in 2024. His Wednesday descent of the mountain’s Hornbein Couloir is one of the most audacious feats ever performed on skis. Jimmy Chin, National Geographic On October 15 American mountaineer Jim Morrison, 50, became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest (29,032 feet) via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs.
Jim Morrison is first to ski down Everest’s Hornbein Couloir
On October 15 American mountaineer Jim Morrison, 50, became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest (29,032 feet) via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs. At 12:45 p.m.local time Morrison reached Everest’s peak via the same route after six and a half weeks on the mountain and a grueling summit push.
Inside the New Private Mountain Clubs Where Billionaires Ski
6 hours ago I recently opened Netflix and was prompted to watch an episode of "Saturday Night Live." When I clicked, I was told I actually wouldn't be tuning in for the cold open — because I pay Netflix the least amount of money possible for its ad-supported tier, the show wasn't available to me. I could …
Inside the New Private Mountain Clubs Where Billionaires Ski
Skiing is supposed to be freedom: the cold air, sparkling mountains, and skis cutting smooth, fast arcs across freshly fallen snow. And yet if you’ve done it recently, you know that few places have the capacity to produce misery and rage like a crowded resort.
Will the discovery of Sandy Irvine lead to solving Everest's greatest mystery?
Last week’s announcement that a boot and partial remains believed to belong to the British explorer Sandy Irvine had been found on Mount Everest by a National Geographic documentary crew supercharged interest in a mystery that has endured since he vanished with George Mallory on the mountain 100 years ago. “It’s the biggest thing that’s happened in mountaineering circles since Mallory’s body was found in 1999,” says Julie Summers, the great niece and biographer of Irvine.
Remains of Sandy Irvine believed found on Everest after 100 years
When they spotted it, there was no mistaking what they were looking at: a boot melting out of the ice. As they drew closer, they could tell the cracked leather was old and worn, and the sole was studded and bracketed with the diamond-patterned steel hobnails of a bygone era of climbing.
Las 50 cumbres de Cody Townsend, o cómo escalar y descender esquiando las montañas más despiadadas del mundo
Las reglas que rigen la vida de Cody Townsend, uno de los mejores esquiadores del planeta, son bastante sencillas. Regla número uno: no morir. Eso es obligatorio, sobre todo ahora que Townsend y su esposa, la también esquiadora de renombre mundial Elyse Saugstad, son padres de Indiana, de dos años. Regla número dos: divertirse. Eso lo das por hecho cuando ves a Townsend, prolífica estrella de películas de esquí extremo, volando montaña abajo sobre dos tablas.
Inside Freeskier Cody Townsend’s White-Knuckle Plan to Conquer North America’s Most Dangerous Mountains
The rules that govern the life of Cody Townsend, one of the greatest skiers on the planet, are pretty simple these days. Rule number one: Don’t die. That’s mandatory, especially now that Townsend and his wife, fellow world-class skier Elyse Saugstad, are parents to two-year-old Indiana. Rule number two: Have fun. That’s pretty much a given when Townsend, a prolific star of extreme-skiing films, is flying down a mountain on two planks.
I proletari dell’Everest
Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il 16 maggio 2014 nel numero 1051 di Internazionale. La mattina del 24 ottobre 2010 Chhewang Nima, uno sherpa di 43 anni con una lunga esperienza di scalate, cominciò la faticosa salita del Baruntse, una ripida vetta a due spioventi vicino all’Everest, nel Nepal orientale. C’erano nuvole alte e raffiche di vento forte che trasportavano neve fresca.
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The Controversial King of Hardcore Climbing
This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss GQ story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. To listen to this profile, click the play button below: When I strolled into base camp at Ama Dablam, the 22,349-foot peak known as the Matterhorn of the Himalayas, the mountaineer Nims Purja was locked in a fierce game of beach volleyball.
Cómo Nims Purja se ha convertido en el alpinista más viral y controvertido de la historia tras coronarse Rey del Himalaya (con sus 14 ochomiles)
Nims tiene facilidad para convertirse en el centro de atención. En 2019, su foto de cientos de alpinistas en fila formando un atasco para llegar a la cima del Everest fue noticia en todo el mundo, así como los muchos rescates de alpinistas que llevó a cabo esa misma temporada. El pasado septiembre, organizó el rescate de la esquiadora de travesía Hilaree Nelson, después de que cayera desde la cima del Manaslu, el octavo pico más alto del mundo. Pero esta vez no había nada que hacer.
Aux antipodes d’Instagram, Jimmy Chin filme le côté obscur d’athlètes pros
La peur, l’erreur, l’échec… c’est sous les images policées d’Instagram que l’alpiniste Jimmy Chin et Elizabeth « Chai » Vasarhelyi, coréalisateurs de Free Solo, sont allés gratter cette fois. Résultat : « Edge of the Unknown », une nouvelle série de portraits produite par National Geographic et diffusée sur Disney+, dévoilant Justine Dupont, Alex Honnold ou encore Conrad Anker.
" L’Altra Strada ", le film sur le record du GR20 par Lambert Santelli en avant-première ce soir à 21h40
« L’Altra Strada », le film sur le record du GR20 par Lambert Santelli en avant-première ce soir à 21h40 La rédaction Réputé sentier le plus difficile d’Europe, le GR20 attire les meilleurs trailers de la planète. Kilian Jornet, Xavier Thevenard, Guillaume Perreti, Rory Bosio et bien d’autres se sont frottés avec succès ou non au défi Corse. En 2021, l’enfant du pays Lambert Santelli pulvérise de 40 minutes le record détenu par François d’Haene depuis 2016, passant sous la barre des 31 heures.
30 ans après Catherine Destivelle, Laura Tiefenthaler signe la 2e ascension en solitaire de l’Eiger
30 ans après Catherine Destivelle, Laura Tiefenthaler signe la 2e ascension en solitaire de l’Eiger Coralie Havas C’est l’une des montagnes les plus meurtrières au monde. Reconnaissable par sa face noire en forme d’énorme triangle, l’Eiger, théâtre de nombreuses tragédies, ne cesse de fasciner. Dès les années 30, depuis la vallée, des touristes armés de leurs téléscopes suivent ces drames épiques.
La véritable histoire de " Perdus dans l’Arctique ", film à découvrir sur Netflix
La véritable histoire de « Perdus dans l’Arctique », film à découvrir sur Netflix La rédaction En 1909, l’explorateur polaire danois Ejnar Mikkelsen se retrouve bloqué au Groenland aux côtés d’Iver Iversen, son équipier, alors jeune et inexpérimenté. Partis pour réfuter l’hypothèse selon laquelle ce territoire serait divisé en deux parties distinctes – alimentant ainsi une querelle géopolitique entre le Danemark et les Etats-Unis – ils luttent pendant 28 mois dans l’espoir d’être secourus.
In 'Torn,' Alex Lowe's Son Explores the Loss of His Father and the Gift of Conrad Anker
Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors. Sign up today. If you follow climbing, you’re aware of the tragedy of Alex Lowe. The 40-year-old Montana climber was a star of his generation, alternately referred to as a mutant and “the secret weapon” by his climbing partners and those up on his résumé.
The Hunting Gear You Want for Far-Out Missions
2021 Winter Buyer’s Guide Gear to aid you in the stalk (Photo: Courtesy the Companies) Mathews Vxr 31.5 Bow ($1,199) (Photo: Courtesy Mathews) The Vxr offers exceptional stability, with an extra-long riser and top-to-bottom balance. It’s dead quiet, damp on release, and lets you easily ratchet the draw weight between 50 and 75 pounds without sacrificing efficiency. Buy Now Klymit Traverse Double Hammock ($90) (Photo: Courtesy Klymit) Catch a quick post-hunt nap with the Traverse Double.
10 Things You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak
The coronavirus disease—officially known as COVID-19—is hitting Europe and the Middle East and has made landfall in the U.S. with more than 100 cases. Like a lot of you, we’ve followed the outbreak with a mix of dread and fascination, and with frequent refreshes to the published by Johns Hopkins. The good news is that activities in the mountains—where people can remain at a safe distance from each other—will probably continue to be safe. But everything from yoga to the Olympics could get dicey.
New Mexico Junior Senator Martin Heinrich Is D.C.'s Last Dealmaker
IN THE LIFE of a politician, few things are more humbling than defending yourself to a roomful of upset constituents. This is especially true when those peeved citizens are precocious 12-year-olds. That was the scenario Martin Heinrich, New Mexico’s junior senator, faced this past April while speaking to a group of 30 sixth- to eighth-grade students at Santa Fe’s School for Arts and Sciences.
The Hunting Gear We Loved This Fall
Deer, ducks, and other quarry won’t even know you’re there We found hunting gear to keep you hidden and at your best. (Photo: Inga Hendrickson) When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we may earn a small commission. Outside does not accept money for editorial gear reviews. Read more about our policy. Kuiu Kutana Soft Shell Jacket ($259) (Photo: Courtesy Kulu) The Kutana soft shell has panels of durable Japanese nylon that are stretch-woven, without the need for spandex.
Inside Emily Harrington’s Scariest Fall of All Time
“I don’t remember the impact,” says Emily Harrington, at 33 one of the world’s strongest rock climbers. “I remember reaching up to a handhold and in that split second before I was solid, my foot slipped. I remember falling. The next thing I remember was Alex being there.” Alex is Alex Honnold, the only climber in the world with an Oscar to his name for his efforts climbing the 5.13 Freerider route up El Capitan without a rope.
The Best Hunting Gear of 2020
2020 Winter Buyers Guide Bring home the bacon. Or venison or turkey. (Photo: Inga Hendrickson) When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we may earn a small commission. Outside does not accept money for editorial gear reviews. Read more about our policy. Mathews Vertix Bow ($1,099) (Photo: Courtesy Mathews) Our favorite option for delivering arrows in tight groups with relaxed precision, the sub-five-pound Vertix is damp and quiet.
Don’t Hit the Backcountry Without This Snow Safety Gear
2020 Winter Buyers Guide Your deductible toward security in the mountains (Photo: Inga Hendrickson) When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we may earn a small commission. Outside does not accept money for editorial gear reviews. Read more about our policy. PoleClinometer Sticker Kit ($15) (Photo: Courtesy PoleClinometer) Backcountry caution dictates knowing a slope’s pitch before committing to climbing up it and then riding down.
Introducing a Dog to Water for the First Time
Introducing a young, inexperienced dog to water, whether it’s a hunting dog or otherwise, is a matter of desensitization. We accomplish it just as we would any new situation—progressively. In case it needs to be said: Never “teach” your pup to swim by tossing him off a dock or forcing him into the water. That’s a recipe for a land-loving dog. Start off in shallow, warm water, where the pup can easily stand.
Inside the Mind of a Hurricane Chaser
Around 7 A.M. on September 20, 2017, the wind has become a roaring white wall. In his hotel room, Josh Morgerman presses his hand flat against the trembling glass of the patio door. He’s filming, and his left hand appears in the shot, heavy with the skull-shaped biker ring he bought on the Sunset Strip and the pinky ring he had made in the shape of his brand logo—a lowercase i over the meteorological symbol for a cyclone. The glass flutters under his palm.
Behind the Lens: Nick Waggoner
I'M DOZING IN a hammock slung between two snow-ghost spruces overlooking a gypsy-camp movie set put together by Sweetgrass Productions. A dozen or so locals, professional skiers, and hangers-on, all dressed in vintage drover coats, animal skins, and thrift-store fishing sweaters, are walking around on hobbit paths that wind through the woods.
Everest: Where They Stand
The First Ascent team of Jake Norton, Brent Bishop, Charley Mace, and David Morton is through a patch of brittle ice and has fixed lines to within 1,200 feet of the West Shoulder. They’ll head back up on May 4. Meanwhile, the team from The North Face—Cory Richards and Conrad Anker—made a short initial foray up from Camp II on April 28 but turned back due to rockfall. Richards was evacuated by helicopter from Base Camp that afternoon with an unspecified medical problem.
Chad Kellogg: Speed Climbing to Stand Still
THE LONE HEADLAMP drifting up through the night, from Camp II to III, and then slanting toward the South Col, at 25,938, had to belong to Chad Kellogg—the only person attempting to summit directly from Base Camp. "He was still too low and going too slowly to make the summit," recalls guide David Morton, who watched Kellogg's progress from above during his own summit bid that day in 2010. "I made a lot of rookie errors," admits Kellogg, a former Rainier climbing ranger who lives in Seattle.
The West Ridge Route and Team Members
Classic Cover Barry Bishop’s 1963 photograph (see sidebar) of Hornbein and Unsoeld approaching the West Ridge was shot just above Camp III. Camps While the 1963 expedition used five camps, the Eddie Bauer team will skip Camp V. Hornbein Couloir A steep, narrow gulley of snow and ice above Camp V guards the summit pyramid. The couloir was first climbed by Hornbein and Unsoeld in 1963.
Big Men on Crampons
1852 During Britain's Great Trigonometric Survey, Peak XV is recognized as the world's tallest and named for Surveyor-General of India George Everest. 1924 Brits George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear on their summit bid, spurring decades of speculation about their fate. 1934 British mystic Maurice Wilson flies to India, sneaks into Tibet, and attempts the mountain. His body is found the next year. 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary knock the bastard off.
Kathmandu and Beyond
Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu, serves as the launching point for nearly every Everest expedition. To take their photo, pay one of the Hindu Sadhus a dollar at Kathmandu's Pashupatinath, the ancient Hindu temple where bodies are cremated in the open. The Swayambhunath monastery in Nepal–the city's most likely place to be shaken down by a macaque for snack food. Himalayan views flying from Kathmandu to Lukla, the closet "major" airport to Everest.
11 Dead or Missing, Scores Injured in Manaslu Avalanche
At approximately 4:30 a.m. local time in Nepal, a massive avalanche high on Manaslu (26,759 feet), the world’s eighth-highest peak, wiped out Camp III, leaving 11 climbers dead or missing and at least 15 others seriously injured. The avalanche was triggered when a serac broke loose from the ridge high above the camp and then triggered a slab of snow to break loose and slide.
Fastest to the Atlantic Wins
The first source-to-sea descent of the Amazon River, completed by Polish kayaker Piotr Chmielinski and San Francisco newspaperman and rafting novice Joe Kane over the winter of 1985–86, was a six-month epic that claimed one of the last great adventure prizes.
British Mountaineer Kenton Cool's Odd Quest
The story goes like this: In 1924, at the closing ceremonies of the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, Baron Pierre de Coubertin—father of the modern Olympics and first IOC chairman—awarded the members of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, including George Mallory, gold medals for "absolute heroism on behalf of all of the nations of the world." (When he conceived of the modern Olympics in 1894, De Coubertin envisioned medals being given for both aeronautics and alpinism.
The Best Snow Safety Gear of 2019
Gear that’s got your back, should things go sideways The Float 2.0 sticks with traditional scuba-like compressed-air technology—though the cartridge is now 30 percent smaller—to lift a skier to the surface in a slide. Plenty of pockets and a helmet holder make this a workhorse of an avy pack.
Tim Cahill's Heart-Stopping Adventure
On December 7, during a Colorado River float trip through the Grand Canyon, Outside editor at large Tim Cahill suffered a cardiac arrest. He survived an extremely perilous episode and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he was treated and then released on December 11. Cahill is one of the country’s most popular and prolific adventure writers, and his association with this magazine dates back to the very beginning.
Director Jesse Rosten On His Fotoshop by Adobé Video
If you need proof of the career-building power of social media, look no further than Jesse Rosten. The 31-year-old TV-commercial director lives in the small, Northern–California town of Redding and has spent the last eight years producing spots for local clients like casinos and colonoscopy clinics. Then last month Rosten uploaded a fake advertisement for a non-existent beauty product called Fotoshop by Adobé.
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