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Mera Peak is a mountain in the Mahalangur section, Barun sub-section of the Himalaya and administratively in Nepal's Sagarmatha Zone, Sankhuwasabha. At 6,476 metres (21,247 ft) it is classified as a trekking peak .
Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide. [1]Berbeka made the first-ever winter ascent of three eight-thousanders: Manaslu, on 12 January 1984 with Ryszard Gajewski, and Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985 with Maciej Pawlikowski (the only winter ascent on an eight-thousander made along a new route), and Broad Peak on 5 March 2013 with Adam ...
Hari Budha Magar MBE is a Nepalese double above-knee amputee and record-breaking mountaineer.In 2017, he became the first double above-knee amputee (DAK) to summit a mountain taller than 6,000m (Mera Peak, 6,476m). [1]
In 1999, with the assistance of two mountaineers he climbed Aoraki / Mount Cook and Fox Glacier, in preparation for climbing the Mera Peak, Nepal, which was to prepare him to summit Everest. [4] [9] On 20 January 2000, he died of a suspected heart attack while climbing Mera Peak, assisted by Michael Groom. [1] [8]
Tapi Mra is an Indian climber and the first person from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Everest.Mra belongs to the Tagin tribe from the Upper Subansiri district of the state. ...
Sep. 30—English adventurer and writer Isabella Bird's legacy is being kept alive as mountaineers climb Longs Peak in commemoration of Bird's ascent 150 years ago. On Thursday, a party of eight ...
Topo image of the cliff Toix Est in Costa Blanca in Spain, by climber Chris Craggs from a Rockfax guidebook. Before discussing individual routes, a climbing guidebook will outline the history and current status of climbing ethics applicable for the location including for example whether the use of bolts for sport climbing is allowed, and other local customs (e.g. use if non-clean aid climbing ...
Adrian Ballinger (born February 25, 1976) is a British-American certified IFMGA/AMGA mountain guide, certified through the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA Rock, Alpine, and Ski Certifications) and a sponsored climber and skier. Ballinger is the founder and CEO of Alpenglow Expeditions, and has been guiding full-time for 25 years.