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Sadness abounds with the news of more deaths on the Pacific Crest Trail
https://www.pcta.org/2017/sadness-death ... ail-50680/

A 52-year-old mountaineer has scripted history by becoming the first American-British woman to successfully climb the world’s second highest peak on Friday afternoon.

The GPS tracker shows that American climber Vanessa O’Brien stood atop the Mt K2 (8,611 m) a few minutes ago. Kathmandu-based expedition handling agencies also confirmed that 12 climbers including seven Nepali Sherpas scaled the peak this afternoon.

More at The Himalayan Times

You can donate to support search efforts at the link below - even a few dollars will help the family cover costs to try to find him. Please consider sharing this link to spread the word.

http://www.coloradopolicefoundation.org ... for-steven

There is also a Facebook group you can join and share called Search for Steven at https://www.facebook.com/groups/245085129311718/

Steven Scott Beare is a Colorado police ...

Davo Karnicar, the first man who skied from the summit of Mount Everest without interruption, departed to ski down from K2.
Wish him success and, first of all, a safe return.

Azim Gheychisaz has become the 37th person to climb all 8000 m peaks and the 19th to do so without oxygen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander

RIP Hillary Step. Wonder what it looks like now.

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http://gripped.com/news/colin-haley-sol ... in-alaska/ -- Colin Haley solos big alpine line in Alaska - North buttress of Mt Hunter

Colin Haley, Alpinist posted 5 photos on Instagram.
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In May 2012 I attempted to solo Begguya via its North Buttress, and in a moment of extreme exhaustion, turned around a mere 80-100 vertical meters below the summit. That is not a lot of mountain left on a roughly ...