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2. Aiguille du Midi - Wikipedia

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   Aiguille du Midi. The Aiguille du Midi (French pronunciation: [eɡulij diy midi], "Needle at midday") is a 3,842-metre-tall (12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.

3. 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition - Wikipedia

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   During the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, Hermann Buhl succeeded in making the first ascent of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world. He reached the summit on 3 July 1953. This remains the only instance in which an 8,000-metre summit was first reached by an individual climbing alone.

4. Portaledge - Wikipedia

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   Portaledge. A5 Portaledge. A portaledge is a deployable hanging tent system designed for rock climbers who need to spend multiple days and nights on a climbing route suspended from a sheer rock face while big wall climbing. A fully assembled portaledge is a fabric-covered platform surrounded by a metal frame that hangs from a single anchor ...

5. Agnibaan SOrTeD - Wikipedia

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   186.5 seconds. Burn time. 70 seconds. Propellant. LOX and Aviation Turbine Fuel. [edit on Wikidata] Agnibaan SOrTeD (short form of SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator) [2] is a suborbital technological demonstrator of the Agnibaan launch vehicle, manufactured by Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos. [3][4][5][6]

6. VAM (bicycling) - Wikipedia

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   VAM is the abbreviation for the Italian term velocità ascensionale media, translated in English to mean "average ascent speed" or "mean ascent velocity", but usually referred to as VAM. It is also referred to by the English backronym "Vertical Ascent in Meters". [1] The term, which was coined by Italian physician and cycling coach Michele ...

7. 1953 American Karakoram expedition - Wikipedia

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   The 1953 American Karakoram expedition was a mountaineering expedition to K2, at 8,611 metres the second highest mountain on Earth. It was the fifth expedition to attempt K2, and the first since the Second World War. Led by Charles Houston, a mainly American team attempted the mountain's South-East Spur (commonly known as the Abruzzi Spur) in a ...