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There’s no Olympic gold for it, but a French climber has more than halved the K2 ascent speed record
French climber Benjamin Vedrines summits K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in just under 11 hours
Swiss climber scales 18 Alpine peaks in under 8 hours to break “Spaghetti Tour” record
Most experienced climbers take five days to complete this feat – Andy Steindl took 7 hours, 45 minutes, and 44 seconds
“It was exciting, it was hard": USA Olympic climbing team complete as Raboutou punches ticket – here's who else made the cut
Team USA is the only team to have filled all eight of its quota places
"His diet of meat, salt, and water seems to have given him unusual strength" – Yosemite speed climber crushes El Cap record
Nick Ehman is the first to solo aid climb The Nose in under five hours
Eight-year-old becomes youngest ever to summit El Capitan – but there's controversy
Some climbers say the method used by Sam Baker and his father shouldn't qualify as a record, and question their motives
Mountaineer sets new record for pushing peanut up peak with his nose
Bill Salem pushed the legume to the summit of Pikes Peak in one week, smashing the previous record by a whole day
Ukrainian climbing team makes history with Himalayan first ascent
Three Ukrainian climbers have successfully summited Annapurna III via the southeast ridge, a feat that has long evaded the world’s best climbers
Mother of ‘Free Solo’ climber becomes oldest woman to climb El Capitan
Alex Honnold’s 70-year-old mother just climbed El Capitan for the second time, becoming the oldest woman to do so
