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Ted Atkins, a British mountaineer, entrepreneur has died on Tuesday while descending Civetta in the Dolomites.

British mountaineer Ted Atkins has died

Legendary Latok 1 North Ridge falls to Livingston, Cesen and Strazar

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/legendary-lato ... nd-strazar

https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/la ... the-north/

https://explorersweb.com/2018/08/13/bre ... y-climbed/

https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/ ... eters.html --Latok 1 : SergeyGlazunovperishes. AlexanderGhukovtrappedat6200 meters

https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/dr ... -pakistan/ -- Drama on the 7000er Latok 1

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Latok I. According to GPS signal received yesterday at 12:40pm Alexander Gukov and Sergey Glazunov were at 6975m. This is their second attempt to complete Kenne...
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Latok I. According to GPS signal received yesterday at 12:40pm Alexander Gukov and Sergey Glazunov were at ...

The world’s second highest mountain has witnessed a record crowd of climbers standing on its summit in a single day after at least 31 climbers successfully climbed Mt K2 (8,611 m) this morning.

The Himalayan Times

Charles Cole, the inventor of Stealth Rubber and founder of 5.10 company, died Saturday at age 63. He was not only incredible inventor but also a leading climber of his day with many first ascents in Joshua Tree, Tahquitz Rock and Yosemite. I had an opportunity to sample climbing before his rubber compound hit the climbing world and the difference was incredible. The Stealth rubber created one of the fundamental changes in our sport in ...

https://www.haaretz.com/1.5349163

3 Fatalities on this website
https://snowbrains.com/climbers-killed- ... ayo-andes/

The Himalayan Times:
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/japanese-climber-nobukazu-kuriki-found-dead-on-mt-everest/

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/mt- ... he-season/

NORTH BEND, Wash. – The fourth annual Si of Relief Climb for Time is set for Sunday, April 22 on Mount Si just outside of North Bend, Wash. and race organizers want you to get "Si"ched!

The four-mile, 3,000 vertical-foot sprint-climb of the popular Cascade foothills hiking trail, some 30 miles east of Seattle, is billed as Washington state's most challenging sprint climb. The race gets underway at 9:30 a.m. and takes climbers to the ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eu ... 374de7f448.

One of the dead was a college mate of an old friend of mine :cry: