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The Great Trango Tower's east face and east buttress form the world's longest big wall climbs, [8] and was the birthplace of high-altitude big wall climbing; [5] the towers, including the adjoining Nameless Tower, are considered formidable and dangerous due to their extreme altitude, [4] and include famous big wall routes such as Eternal Flame ...
Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.It is owned by Northland Properties.. Currently, the resort has a 1,710 metres (5,620 ft) vertical drop, the longest vertical descent of any ski resort in North America.
The most successful all-time winners of World Cup downhill races are Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria (36 wins, 7 women's titles) [8] and Franz Klammer of Austria (25 wins, 5 men's titles). [9] Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is currently dominant in woman's downhill racing with a lifetime total of 37 World Cup downhill wins and 7 women's titles. [10 ...
Running vertical jump: This refers to a vertical jump after a run up: the last step of the run is used to launch into the jump. This may help to add additional energy to the jump and improve on the standing vertical jump result. [2] In general, the standing vertical jump is the one that is used as an official measurement for athletes. [1]
The train is launched out of the station from 0 to 70 mph (0 to 113 km/h) using linear synchronous motors.Riders immediately enter the record-breaking 160-foot-tall (49 m) vertical loop, [2] [16] which is followed by a high-banked curve to the right and another to the left as the train approaches the second inversion, a dive loop. [17]
The seven peaks of the 'Fitz Roy traverse is one of the hardest mountain traverses with a CAG of circa 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) In cycling, hiking, mountaineering and running, the term cumulative elevation gain (or cumulative gain) is the total of every gain in elevation made throughout a journey. Elevation losses (i.e. periods when the person ...
The 10,000 steps per day rule isn’t based in science. Here’s what experts have to say about how much you should actually walk per day for maximum benefits. ... under 10,000 steps—was found ...
Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area.The park maintains a temperature of −1 to 2 °C (30 to 36 °F) throughout the year. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates, one of the largest shopping malls in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.