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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 ...

Fourteen of earth’s mountains exceed 8,000 meters (26,246 feet), and climbers have reached the peak of 13 in winter. K2 is the forbidding exception. Ten Polish climbers hope to make history by reaching the summit next winter.

Scaling the World’s Most Lethal Mountain, in the Dead of Winter
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/spor ... inter.html

Nives Meroi and Romano Benet have summited the top of the Annapurna at 10:30 (local time) on May 11 together with the Spanish Alberto Zerain and Jonatan Garcia. For the two Italian mountaineers which are roped also in life, it's their 14th Ottomila, all climbed in pair and in light style. Annapurna, the 10th mountain of the Earth 8,091 m, was the first of the 8,000 to be climbed (June 3, 1950, French expedition). See ...

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nin ... ibet-side/ -- Everest from Tibet

http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/a ... 000er.html -- Annapurna

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
http://dirtbagmovie.com/

The film will World Premiere over Memorial Day Weekend at Mountainfilm in Telluride (May 26-29),
https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/dirt ... red-beckey

followed shortly by the Northwest Premiere on June 4 and June 10 at SIFF in Seattle.
https://www.siff.net/festival/dirtbag-t ... red-beckey

Be Careful! He still might steal your woman and steal your route..

An earthquake has stranded an Argentinian climber on Canada's highest mountain - Mt Logan

http://gripped.com/news/earthquake-stra ... unt-logan/


First summits of the season on Dhaulagiri
https://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2 ... on-on.html -- Rahhel Adnan -- First summits of the season on Dhaulagiri

Shocking news. One of the greats is gone.

Horribly tragic news is coming in that Swiss climber, Ueli Steck, 41, has died on Nuptse near Camp 1 off the Western Cwm. I have received 100% confirmation from multiple sources at Everest. I am told his wife has been notified. His body was recovered and is now on transport to Kathmandu. Durga Dutta Dhakal DoT Director confirmed the incident and saying his body was now at ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11845316

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime ... spartandhp

Per a fellow snowshoer I met while training on the Skyline Lake trail at Stevens, Forrest (can't recall last name; I believe he was a former guide with RMI) and a partner were climbing the Cassin Ridge quite early this year. Evidently, they had some issues while getting down.

Here's a story that I presume describes their trip:
https://www.nps.gov/dena/field-report-april-22-2017.htm