https://www.chamonix.net/english/news/i ... -du-gouter -- Italian mountaineer in fatal fall on Couloir du Gouter on Mont Blanc

https://www.climbing.com/news/first-dow ... and-teton/ -- First Down Syndrome summit of the Grand Teton

http://www.stephabegg.com/home/triprepo ... ia/temple2 -- Steph Abegg -- Washington -- Mt Temple in Canada

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... orway.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.montagna.tv/cms/112408/cervi ... pinista-2/ -- Matterhorn, fatal fall for a mountaineer

The causes of the fall of a mountaineer, whose generalities have not yet been made known, from the Swiss side of the Matterhorn are still unknown.

The man, according to the police in the canton of Valais, fell for a hundred meters, ending in a canal. Unwilling the robe companion, who was not tied to the victim.

The incident occurred at 13:00 yesterday, August 25, at 3,400 meters. The two climbers started Thursday and reached the summit (4,448 meters) the following day. After sleeping at the Solvay Hut (4,003 meters), they were continuing the descent to return to Zermatt when the accident occurred.

https://www.chamonix.net/english/news/f ... sses-ridge -- French trail runner found dead on the Bosses Ridge (Mont Blanc Massif)
http://desnivel.com/alpinismo/fallece-o ... mont-blanc -- Another runner dies on the normal French route on Mont Blanc

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41 ... e=facebook -- Zillertal Alps accident kills five climbers in Austria

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... outer.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41067598 -- Zillertal Alps accident kills five climbers in Austria

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/08 ... dly-14ers/ -- Alan Arnette -- Colorado -- Staying safe on Colorado's deadly 14ers

http://www.philippegatta.fr/blog/alpini ... nc-massif/ -- Philippe Gatta -- France -- Alpinism : Minaret - Rasta Metal (Mont Blanc Massif)

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... -fall.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://gripped.com/news/eight-climbers- ... n-weekend/ -- Eight Climbers die in the Alps on weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... alian-alps

https://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Si ... gust-2017/ -- Calicokat -- California -- Norman Clyde Peak (13,921 ft) - pictures

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... -rinn.html -- Canada's Monarch Mountain SW Pillar first ascent by Richardson and Rinn
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item/71 ... n_and_rinn

http://www.summitpost.org/bears-tooth/1005840 -- Matt Lemke -- Bear's Tooth - Montana

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... stria.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.stephabegg.com/home/triprepo ... umbia/kidd -- Steph Abegg -- Washington -- Mt Kidd - Canadian Rockies

https://pantilat.wordpress.com/2017/08/ ... pire-dade/ -- Leor Pantilat -- California -- Bear Creek Spire and Dade (Sierras)

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... -alps.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.montagna.tv/cms/112590/cervi ... mba-rotta/ -- Matterhorn : One of three Spanish mountaineers has died. One had a broken leg

UPDATE, 31/08/2017, 5:30 pm - One of the three Spanish mountaineers stuck on the Matterhorn died. They reported by radio to the Alpine Avalanche Rescue his two climbing companions, who managed to escape by reaching the Capanna Carrel hut (3,830 meters).

From Wednesday afternoon, the contact between the three and the single Rescue Center had stopped. They were blocked at 4,400 meters on Jordan's ladder, along the normal Italian way to the summit. Rescuers will recover them when conditions permit. Because of the bad weather, the helicopter can not reach them.

Source: ANSA

UPDATE, 31/08/2017, 2.30 pm - As reported by AostaCronaca, the rescue team, from the ground to help the Polish woman who had fractured a leg in the Colle del Leone area, managed to recover the mountaineer.

There are still some updates about the Spanish rope.

UPDATE, 31/08/2017, 12:50 - It was not enough to save the three mountaineers blocked yesterday morning on the Matterhorn, 50 meters below the summit.



To complicate the situation of the Alpine Valley of Valdostan now a new intervention has been added to recover a pair of Polish mountaineers who, during the ascent, in the area of ​​the Colle del Leone, at 3,600 meters, towards the Capanna Carrel, have fallen. She fractured a leg. The companion, as they had the drain phones, went down to the Duca degli Abruzzi hut at Oriondé (2,802 meters) to give the alarm. It is not, however, able to provide accurate directions to locate it exactly.

As we know from the chronicle of the intervention we are following yesterday afternoon, bad weather conditions, with rain and low visibility, are preventing the helicopter from being used. The rescuers have so decided to land.

Of the Spanish rope, however, there is no news yet.

UPDATE, 31/08/2017, 10.30 am - The telephone contact between the Aosta Valley's only emergency rescue center and the three Spanish mountaineers blocked at 4,400 meters above Jordan on the normal route Matterhorn.

The recovery operations, both on the Italian and the Swiss side, have failed because of the probative weather conditions which, in the meantime, have deteriorated. The rope, engaged in the descent from the summit, had asked for help probably for a problem due to rope damage.

Yesterday, until sunset, the Valdostan and Swiss alpine rescue waited in vain for a clear light that would allow the helicopter to approach. The two centers remain in constant contact to be able to assess in the coming hours the conditions for a possible mission.

Source: ANSA

30/08/2017, 5 pm - A rope of three Spanish climbers is currently blocked on the Maverick on the "Jordan Stairway", along the normal Italian, about 50 meters below the summit, at a particularly exposed point, probably for problems with the ropes. Rescue was alerted in the afternoon.

The alpine Helicopter Helicopter Valdostano attempted to reach the three without flying due to bad weather at high altitude.

At the moment the SAV, who is in touch with mountaineers on the wall, is considering how to proceed.

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... creek.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.stephabegg.com/home/triprepo ... dithcavell -- Steph Abegg -- Washington -- Mt Edith Cavell - East Ridge

http://www.up-climbing.com/en/ghiaccio- ... a-shispare -- Japanese open a new route on Shispare 7611 m in the Western Karakorum

http://www.up-climbing.com/en/ghiaccio- ... a-shispare -- Japanese open a new route on Shispare 7611 m in the Western Karakorum

http://gripped.com/news/historic-bugabo ... s-link-up/ -- Historic Bugaboos one day Howser Towers link up

http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/jap ... -shispare/ -- Japanese climbers land a coup on Shispare in the Karakorum

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... ridge.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/A-Grand-Adv ... 3200n.html -- A grand adventure on the Grand Teton with Ddriver

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... mites.html -- New route up the South Face of Tae in the Dolomites (Italy)

http://www.up-climbing.com/en/ghiaccio- ... iele-nardi -- No Link Sar N Wall (Karakorum) for Ballard and Nardi

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... aboos.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/09 ... -begins-2/ -- Alan Arnette -- Autumn Himalayan climbing begins

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/inde ... bia_r.html -- Fire traps dozens of hikers on trail in Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

http://teamascent.blogspot.com/2017/09/ ... fugio.html -- Sandy Allen -- UK -- Punta Udine East Ridge from Refugio Giacoletti (Italy) pictures

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/i ... orway.html -- Adam Ondra climbs world's first 9c at Flatanger in Norway

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... nture.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.stephabegg.com/home/triprepo ... bertycrack -- Steph Abegg -- Washington -- Liberty Bell via Liberty Crack (Washington)

http://gripped.com/profiles/mount-bryce ... in-canada/ -- Mount Bryce Wing BASE Jump Biggest in Canada

https://www.chamonix.net/english/news/h ... -du-gouter -- Hungarian mountaineer in fatal fall on couloir du Gouter (Mont Blanc)

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... scent.html -- L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc, Slovaks claim first free ascent

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... -fire.html -- Cy K -- Updated

https://www.summitclimb.com/news/recent/karakoram-news/ -- Daniel Mazur - Six weeks in the Karakorum

http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/big ... n-manaslu/ -- Stefan Nestler -- Germany -- Big Rush on Manaslu
http://www.nepalmountainnews.com/cms/archives/112321 -- Manaslu alpine style

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthr ... er=1156569 -- The Ptarmigan Traverse - North to South with 4 summits (Cascades)

http://www.montagna.tv/cms/112877/e-ora ... za-urubko/ -- Its almost certain - The Poles will go to k2 in winter: without Urubko
It seems that the Poles will make us go to try the last great winter challenge on the 8000: the K2.

The last rock, the largest, or the economic one, seems to be overcome: next week the funds of the Ministry of Sport should arrive. Total: 1.2 million Polish Zloty, or about 282 thousand euros, according to wyborcza.pl. Date of departure still to be decided.

Wielicki: Janusz Golab (sports director), Krzysztof Wranicz (physician), Dariusz Załuski (cameraman), Adam Bielecki, Artur Małek, Marek Chmielarski, Rafał Fronia Marcin Kaczkan and Piotr Tomala revealed the mystery of who will accompany Wielicki. According to journalist Dominik Szczepanski, the most anticipated, Polish citizen Denis Urubko, who seems to have other plans, will not miss the fact that family mountaineers do not know well.

Invited but not yet confirmed: Andrzej Bargiel, just back from the summer season at K2, where he should have tried the first skiing, and Casper Tekieli.

The difficulties, as Wielicki tells us, will be, as was imagined, the cold and the wind. The expected temperatures will reach -50 °, the gusts can reach 180 km / h. Waiting for the fine weather window will be decisive.

As for the street, the most unpopular is the Kukuczka-Piotrowki of 1986, explored this summer especially by Andrzej Bargiel. There are those who vocifera of a half idea to get out of the Magic Line, then holding the left and not moving right at the point where Kukuczka-Piotrowki reunites to the Italian street of '54. Of course the normal, along the Abruzzi Sperone, is excluded for the avalanche risk. Many in the past had talked about Cesen, also subject to intense observation by the Polish summer expedition, but it seems that they are no longer discussing. We will see, as long as you are not in front of K2 this winter to touch with hands, they are all speculation.

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... ngton.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17c/news ... t-midnight -- Alabamans "Marooned at Midnight" for first ascent of an unclimbed wall on Baffin Island

http://www.montagna.tv/cms/112529/due-c ... orreggono/ -- Two virgin peaks in the Karakorum for Chileans
On 16 August, three climbers in Chile, Andres Bosch, Armando Montero and Alejandro "Jimmy" Mora, announced that they had climbed two virgin summits in Karakorum: the lowest summit, a six thousand, baptized Mirchi Peak and the other, a seven thousand, called Praqpa Ri South. Both mountains are located between the Khalkhal and Savoy glaciers, close to Broad Peak and K2. It is interesting to note that for many years these peaks have not attracted the attention of Himalayan mountaineering, despite the fact that the exploration of seven thousand unspoiled Karakorum continues uninterruptedly.

But the Polish fleet is Polish: Janusz Majer, topography expert of the highest mountains in the world, has always been working to find new unexplored peaks, and asked by Wspinanie, he said:


The Three Peaks of Praqa Ri. Photo @Piotr Tomala
"The southernmost tip of the Praqa Ri, climbed by Chilean climbers, is actually a southeast spike of 7046 m. The mountain has three similar peaks. This is a good end to the exploration, though not very difficult. It is interesting to note that until now, a mountain near Broad Peak and K2, and clearly visible from their slopes, remained out of the interest of Himalayan mountaineering. The other two peaks remain inviolate and probably sooner or later they will be conquered. With regard to the peak called Mirchi Peak from the Chileans, a mountain probably climbed in the 1980s. "

The fact that the Chileans have first come up with the Praqa Ri therefore remains without doubt. This is not the case for the second mountain. It seems that the Mirchi Peak had already climbed many years ago in 1983. According to the Journal of Alpinists in 1984, the top of 6270 m was reached by the first Dutch explorers Gerard van Sprang and Ronald Naar, who came to the top in the occasion of the conquest of the Broad Peak. The top, then called BK 12, has also appeared in guides and literature at Khalkhal Ri West. Apparently Chilean climbers did not know about this ascent.

Regardless of the error, the two peaks are really important, especially if we consider that this is the debut in the region of this young group. During their brief nine-day visit to Karakorum, Khalkhal Ri West (and although they were not the first, they did not have much information on this mountain) and opened a new road to the pristine Praqpa Ri South (7046m ). The difficulties of the road were graded by Bosh and Mora as TD + M3, 50-90 °, 1500 m.

http://gripped.com/news/climbers-traver ... lla-range/ -- Climbers traverse 13 peaks in British Colunbia's Valhalla Range

http://www.barrabes.com/actualidad/noti ... acaca.html -- New openings in the Cordilleras Central and Pariacaca, Peru - Translatable to English
As a complement to the usual report of activities of the season in the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash of our usual collaborator Sergio Ramírez, of the company of guides Our Mountain, of Huaraz, and that you could read last month, we published these 3 new openings in two Cordilleras very unknown in Peru, but with enormous potential.

Sergio Ramírez
www.nuestramontana.com
Source of information and personal conversations: Víctor Rímac, Pablo Laumman, Marco Jurado


It is no secret that Peru possesses an impressive number of mountain ranges that form, of course, the well-known Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash, although some important "cordilleras" located near Lima or Huancayo are almost unknown; that although they do not have the infrastructure that has Huaraz, in them you can still perceive the real sense of the expeditions of yesteryear, adding to it the impressive amount of possibilities of climbing and aperturistas in many flanks with difficulties of all level and an important number of snowfall that make up all these little masses still explored. The following is a report of 3 promotions in remote areas of the Peruvian Andes.

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... sh-on.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.up-climbing.com/en/ghiaccio- ... lvia-vidal -- New solo route by Silvia Vidal (Spain) in Alaska -- Sílvia Vidal opened a new route in solo spening 17 days on the wall: this is how "Un pas més" (530 m, A4 / A4 +, 6a) was born in Xanadu, Alaska.
http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... laska.html

http://www.summitpost.org/mount-lester/1006710 -- Mount Lester - Wind River Range

http://gripped.com/news/adam-ondra-call ... e-silence/ -- Adam Ondra on Silence - called the world;s hardest route

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... -wall.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.montagna.tv/cms/113061/aggio ... t-dherens/ -- Patrock Gabarrou and client rescued after two days on Dent D'Herens
Update 10/09/17, hours: 8.50 - Locked two days after bad weather on Dent d'Herens, Patrick Gabarrou was taken to safety. Valdostan Alpine Aid jumped with the helicopter at 7.30 am using a lightening and recovered both he and the customer, 54-year-old Ivana Tonin, of Valtournenche.

"Both are in good shape - explained Lucio Trucco, head of Cervinia's Alpine Rescue - and were taken to the hospital for controls." They were on the Albertini ridge, at 3,700 meters of altitude. To shelter themselves from the cold they had been put under a hollow and they had 'built' a wall with stones.

http://gripped.com/news/mount-slesses-e ... and-freed/ -- Mount Slesse's (Cascades) East Face repeated and freed

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthr ... er=1156605 -- Inspiration Traverse - Cascade River to Thunder Cr. - Primus and Tricouni (N. Cascades

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... scent.html -- Spaniards claim two new climbs and one first free ascent in Peru

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... laska.html -- Cy K -- Updated

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... aumet.html -- Patagonia : Marcus Pucher claims first solo winter ascent of Aguja Guillaumet

https://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Si ... mber-2017/ -- Calicokat -- California -- Mt Fiske 13,503 ft and Mt Huxley 13,086 ft (Sierras) - Pictures

http://www.summitpost.org/a-traverse-of ... te/1006940 -- Lodewijk -- A traverse of King Ortler : Hintergrat and Normal route

https://pantilat.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/matthes-peak/ -- Leor Pantilat -- California -- Matthes Peak -- High Sierra

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... ent-d.html -- Cy K -- Updated