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shimshal mountaineering school has been orgnized the first pakistan women winter expedition in janauary 2011 this month,8 women dur bagum,farzana fasil,shakila numa,takhtbika,mahra jabeen,goher negar,Hafiza bano,hamida bibi under supervision Mr Qudrat ali (founder of school)reach the summit of mangaligh sar (6050m) on 03-01-2011 at 12 pm

If she climbs Vinson and Everest she'll have finished Seven Summits: http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=19868

Pretty impressive! http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2011/jan/05/backcountry-skier-logs-2-million-vertical-feet-muscle-power-2010/

Don't you gear whores trip over each other on the way to Arkansas...

Sierra Ledge Rat posted this in "off-route" as well.........very sad.
http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20101227/Double-fatality-at-Wyoming-ski-resort

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=19854

British Climber Names Remote Asian Mountain After His Daughter Fiona
2010-12-02 12:53:28.702 GMT


Dec. 2 (Telegraph) -- A leading British climber who became
the first person to scale a remote peak in Asia has named it
after his daughter.
Alan Hinkes, 56, conquered the then unnamed mountain alone
and without any ropes.
As a result, Mount Fiona, standing 5,300ft tall, is now on
the map in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
Mr Hinkes, a ...

Colin Haley has climbed the first solo of Cerro Stanhardt in Patagonia via the Exocet route
http://colinhaley.blogspot.com
http://planetmountain.com
http://planetmountain.com/english/News/ ... eyid=37767

Crosspost from the Colorado board...


climber-dies-on-all-mixed-up-rmnp-t56234.html


Haliku

The Flemish Wouter Hamelinck (28) placed second in the 850KM long Himal Race. Hamelinck started on Mount Kailash in Tibet, ran over 13 cols above 5000m (one over 5600m) and finished 20 days later in the Anapurna basecamp in Nepal. In those 20 days he gained 32 000 m of elevation. Due to the nature of the race he was also carrying about 10 kilograms of equipment on his back during the race.

Pretty awesome.