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Devils Tower - Wyoming

Check the weather forecast before you climb, warn officials after man falls to his death on Devils Tower

By Will Symons published

The National Park Service is urging caution after a 21-year-old climber died rappelling down the Wyoming landmark

Climbing
Noah Dines, record breaking uphill skier

Noah Dines just skied up the equivalent of 142 Mount Everests* to grab new world record

By Dave Golder published

This week the US skier charged past the old uphill record on his way to achieving 3 million vertical feet in a single year (*base camp to summit)

Winter sports
Germany, Bavaria, Wetterstein mountains, Zugspitze, Summit cross

Insane video shows dimwitted tourist climbing Germany’s highest mountain in Birkenstock sandals

By Dave Golder published

And he’s not wearing a harness as he Via Ferratas up to Zugspitze’s peak

Climbing
View from Mera Peak in the Himalayas

Watch Brit daredevil set new BASE jumping world record skiing off a Himalayan cliff

By Dave Golder published

After two months of meticulous planning Joshua Bregmen launched himself off a cliff at an altitude of over 5,000m

Winter sports
hut to hut hiking: the Matterhorn

Three climbers fall to their deaths on the Matterhorn in less than a week

By Dave Golder published

In two separate tragedies on the perilous Alpine mountain, two climbers fell 1,000m while another fell 800m

Climbing
K2 as seen from Broad Peak base camp on Baltoro Glacier Pakistan

There’s no Olympic gold for it, but a French climber has more than halved the K2 ascent speed record

By Dave Golder published

French climber Benjamin Vedrines summits K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in just under 11 hours

Climbing
Mount Halla, South Korea

Noodle-eating hikers are causing trouble on South Korea’s highest mountain

By Dave Golder published

Stop contaminating our streams, implore park officials

Hiking
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