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Carlos Carsolio Larrea (born 4 October 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican mountain climber.Carsolio is known for being the fourth man (first non-European) and the second youngest to climb the world's 14 eight-thousanders, all of them without supplemental oxygen (although, he required emergency oxygen on his descent from Makalu in 1988).
Pat Kelly (died 1922) UK, rock climber and founder of Pinnacle Club; E. S. Kennedy (1817–1898) UK, first ascent Monte Disgrazia, Mont Blanc du Tacul; Mikhail Khergiani (1932–1969) Svan mountaineer of Soviet Georgia, known as the Tiger of the Rocks; Clarence King (1842–1901) US, geologist and climber, first director of USGS, first ascent ...
José Antonio Delgado Sucre (13 May 1965 – 22 July 2006) was the first Venezuelan mountaineer to reach the summit of five eight-thousanders and one of the most experienced climbers in Latin America.
Ondrej Huserka’s rope reportedly snapped and he fell into ice crevasse while rappelling down tough east face of Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal
In June, a climber died in an apparent fall near the border of Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. National Park Service Ranger rigging for short haul. Show comments.
While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb due to its steep faces and extreme weather. The most deadly events on K2 were the 1986 K2 disaster, 1995 K2 disaster, and 2008 K2 disaster. As of August 2023, an estimated 800 people had completed a summit, and 96 had died ...
A top Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ascent up its east face, Slovakia's climbers association said on Sunday.
[18] Watson thought it was possible to save Sharp, and he said Sharp had worked with other climbers in 2004 to save a Mexican climber who had gotten into trouble. [18] Watson was alerted the morning of 16 May by Phurba Tashi. [38] Watson went to Sharp's tent and showed Sharp's passport to Tashi, who confirmed his identity. [38]