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Terry "Mugs" Stump (August 28, 1949 – May 21, 1992) was a noted American rock climber and mountaineer, active in establishing difficult first ascents in the Alaska Range and the Canadian Rockies. He died from falling into a crevasse while descending the South Buttress of Denali on May 21, 1992, while guiding clients Bob Hoffman and Nelson Max.
In June 1995, Lowe helped the National Park Service rescue several Spanish climbers on 20,320-foot (6,190 m) Denali in Alaska. On 9 June, the group had been trapped for four days at 19,200 feet (5,900 m). Before a rescue team could assemble, one of the climbers fell 4,200 feet (1,300 m) to his death from the mountain's Upper West Rib.
Briton Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 alongside climbing partner George Mallory as the pair attempted to be the first to reach Everest's summit, 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level.
Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain. It's known for being extremely hard to climb; named the "Killer Mountain" by the 1953 German expedition, first to successfully reach the peak. [204] [205] In addition to the large number of climbing deaths, 11 mountaineers were killed in 2013 by Taliban.
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Kellogg entered the 2003 Khan Tengri speed climbing competition in Kazakhstan, a race to climb the mountain, and won. [2] He once held the record for the fastest ascent and descent on Denali 's West Buttress route, making the round trip to the summit and back in 23 hours, 55 minutes; [ 1 ] he was the first known person to ascend and descend in ...
Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the ...