Narratives from Nepal: Relief and rebuilding after the Gorkha Earthquake
by Lucas Joel Wednesday, November 18, 2015
People at base camp on Everest shown here during an avalanche in 2013 felt the shaking of the April 25 Gorkha quake, which was followed by an enormous avalanche that killed 19 people. Credit: Deana Zabaldo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Base Camp, Mount Everest, April 25, 2015, about noon: A tremendous boom echoes through the air, the ground heaves and a wall-like cloud of snow propelled by an avalanche advances toward the tents. Mountaineers scatter, diving into tents to avoid the blast. One mountaineer has a video camera and captures the whole thing, as he curses and dives into a tent while the cloud of snow engulfs him. He survives, but 19 others perish. This firsthand account of the Gorkha quake is now famous, caught on camera and posted to YouTube.
Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, an American scientist who spent weeks in the Everest region said Tuesday. Prof. John All of Western Washington University said after returning from the mountains that he and his. China May 29, 2019
Colorado lawyer Chris Kulish, 62, became the second American to have died on Mount Everest in the last 10 days. Veteran climbers blame the deaths on overcrowding due to the Nepalese government selling too many permits. The government blames the bottleneck near Everest’s peak on bad weather.
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American Alpine Club announces 2021 Cutting Edge Grant winners
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Jess Roskelley, a 2018 Cutting Edge Grant recipient, is pictured here on Baba Hussein (5800m), Pakistan. [Photo] Kurt Ross, courtesy of the American Alpine Club
The American Alpine Club (AAC) has announced this year s recipients of the Cutting Edge Grant: Nick Aiello-Popeo, Matthew Cornell, Ryan Driscoll, Sam Hennessey and Vitaliy Musiyenko will attempt objectives in Alaska and Nepal. Black Diamond is sponsoring the grant this year, and a total of $25,000 is being divvied up between the six winners.
The Cutting Edge Grant continues the Club s 100-year tradition and seeks to fund individuals planning expeditions to remote areas featuring unexplored mountain ranges, unclimbed peaks, difficult new routes, first free ascents or similar world-class pursuits. Objectives featuring a low-impact style and leave-no-trace mentality are looked upon with favor.
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How rescuers saved an Idaho man and his 16-year-old daughter after a ski accident in Montana’s backcountry By Eli Francovich, The Spokesman-Review
Published: February 22, 2021, 6:05am
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2 Photos Kelly and Edward Moellmer smile during a backcountry skiing trip in 2020. (Courtesy Edward Moellmer/The Spokesman-Review/TNS) Photo Gallery
SPOKANE Goggles covered in ice and visibility nearing zero, Edward Moellmer squinted down an expanse of snow near the summit of Montana’s Engle Peak.
What was that? That blurry disruption in an otherwise white expanse of snow and fog. Trees maybe?
He sure hoped so, longing for the visual surety trees provide during whiteout days. It helps orient a disoriented skier and keeps vertigo at bay.
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North Face athlete Manoah Ainuu on Bingo World in Hyalite Canyon, Montana (Photo: Courtesy Austin Schmitz/The North Face)
Sponsored athletes are a staple of outdoor gear brands, from Salomon to ski maker DPS to Red Bull, lending credibility to a company’s products by employing them to notch impressive feats in enviable locales. The athletes also serve as brand marketers, walking or climbing, or wingsuit-jumping billboards. The North Face (TNF) began sponsoring expeditions soon after its inception in 1966, and sponsored climbers have been central to its identity ever since.
With one of the largest teams, TNF athletes have notched some particularly impressive feats recently. In 2018, Nelson and Jim Morrison became the first to ski the Lhotse Couloir from the summit of the world’s fourth-highest peak 27,940-foot Lhotse, which straddles the Nepal-Tibet border. That same year, David Lama summited 22,661-foot Lunag Ri, Nepal’s highest uncli