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Phyllis Munday: Conqueror of the Rockies
Mountaineer and naturalist Phyllis Munday was a true trailblazer. In 1924, she and Annette Buck were the first women to summit Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. A skilled cartographer, she also mapped over 180 square kilometres of BC's wilderness, a significant contribution to Canadian geography. #Canada #Mountaineering #WomenInHistory #CanadaIsAwesome 🇨🇦
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Phyllis Munday: Conqueror of the Rockies
Mountaineer and naturalist Phyllis Munday was a true trailblazer. In 1924, she and Annette Buck were the first women to summit Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. A skilled cartographer, she also mapped over 180 square kilometres of BC's wilderness, a significant contribution to Canadian geography. #Canada #Mountaineering #WomenInHistory #CanadaIsAwesome 🇨🇦
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Phyllis Munday: Conqueror of the Rockies
Mountaineer and naturalist Phyllis Munday was a true trailblazer. In 1924, she and Annette Buck were the first women to summit Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. A skilled cartographer, she also mapped over 180 square kilometres of BC's wilderness, a significant contribution to Canadian geography. #Canada #Mountaineering #WomenInHistory #CanadaIsAwesome 🇨🇦
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Phyllis Munday: Conqueror of the Rockies
Mountaineer and naturalist Phyllis Munday was a true trailblazer. In 1924, she and Annette Buck were the first women to summit Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. A skilled cartographer, she also mapped over 180 square kilometres of BC's wilderness, a significant contribution to Canadian geography. #Canada #Mountaineering #WomenInHistory #CanadaIsAwesome 🇨🇦
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Phyllis Munday: Conqueror of the Rockies
Mountaineer and naturalist Phyllis Munday was a true trailblazer. In 1924, she and Annette Buck were the first women to summit Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. A skilled cartographer, she also mapped over 180 square kilometres of BC's wilderness, a significant contribution to Canadian geography. #Canada #Mountaineering #WomenInHistory #CanadaIsAwesome 🇨🇦
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Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers a fee for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain's offseason, in a move aimed at deterring reckless ascents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/yamanashi-mount-fuji-rescue-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #mountaineering #mountains #yamanashi #helicopters
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Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers a fee for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain's offseason, in a move aimed at deterring reckless ascents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/yamanashi-mount-fuji-rescue-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #mountaineering #mountains #yamanashi #helicopters
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Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers a fee for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain's offseason, in a move aimed at deterring reckless ascents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/yamanashi-mount-fuji-rescue-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #mountaineering #mountains #yamanashi #helicopters
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Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers a fee for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain's offseason, in a move aimed at deterring reckless ascents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/yamanashi-mount-fuji-rescue-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #mountaineering #mountains #yamanashi #helicopters
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Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers a fee for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain's offseason, in a move aimed at deterring reckless ascents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/yamanashi-mount-fuji-rescue-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #mountaineering #mountains #yamanashi #helicopters
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Yamanashi to charge climbers for Mount Fuji helicopter rescues
Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain’s closed season, part of a package of measures aimed at deterring reckless ascents. According to the new plan unveiled Monday, people cl…
#Japan #JP #MountFuji #Helicopters #MountFujiNews #mountaineering #mountains #news #Yamanashi #富士山
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Yamanashi to charge climbers for Mount Fuji helicopter rescues
Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain’s closed season, part of a package of measures aimed at deterring reckless ascents. According to the new plan unveiled Monday, people cl…
#Japan #JP #MountFuji #Helicopters #MountFujiNews #mountaineering #mountains #news #Yamanashi #富士山
https://www.alojapan.com/1539389/yamanashi-to-charge-climbers-for-mount-fuji-helicopter-rescues/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1539389/yamanashi-to-charge-climbers-for-mount-fuji-helicopter-rescues/ Yamanashi to charge climbers for Mount Fuji helicopter rescues #Helicopters #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #news #Yamanashi #富士山 Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain’s closed season, part of a package of measures aimed at deterring reckless ascents. According to the new plan unveiled Monday, people climbing above Mount Fuji’s 6th Station during
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https://www.alojapan.com/1539389/yamanashi-to-charge-climbers-for-mount-fuji-helicopter-rescues/ Yamanashi to charge climbers for Mount Fuji helicopter rescues #Helicopters #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #news #Yamanashi #富士山 Yamanashi Prefecture plans to charge climbers for helicopter rescues on Mount Fuji during the mountain’s closed season, part of a package of measures aimed at deterring reckless ascents. According to the new plan unveiled Monday, people climbing above Mount Fuji’s 6th Station during
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TIFF 2026 Review - Everest: The Other Side - "Those with a fear of heights will yet again get sweaty palms in some scenes." Read it here https://bit.ly/46mrY0I by @PetDocHill
#EverestTheOtherSide #film #documentary #FreeSolo #mountaineering #TIFF #TIFF2026 @TIFF_NET
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Two days hiking, mountaineering and a little bit of climbing with my son.
We departed yesterday morning and started our little adventure at Bristen Kohlplatz. We hiked up to the Etzli hut SAC, which is currently closed for renovation.
After an hour break we climbed up the east ridge of Rossbodenstock and trained alpine climbing, rope handling a.s.o. The climb it self is nice and not too challenging. Ideal terrain for training. We were able to leave the climbing shoes in our backpack.
And the Best: Nobody else there thanks to the closed hut.
After that we picked up our luggage and finally found a nice spot for the night.
As both of us were quite exhausted this morning we opted for the shortest option and did some climbs at the climbing garden Spillauplatten before descending to the bus stop.
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Everest’s “rescue” scam allegedly turned sick trekkers into a million-dollar insurance machine
Click to visit our Youtube channel and watch the video. A helicopter conducts a high-altitude rescue on Mount Everest, where evacuations can mean the difference between life and death.Dear Cherubs, Mount Everest is already dangerous without anyone allegedly helping the mountain along. Nepalese police say a rescue-and-insurance network may have turned routine illness into a very profitable business, with fake helicopter evacuations and forged paperwork padding claims to international insurers.
According to OCCRP and AP, investigators filed organized-crime and fraud charges against 32 people in Kathmandu, including trekking-agency owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives. Police say the scheme ran between 2022 and 2025 and relied on fake medical records, manipulated rescue logs, and helicopter flights that were billed as emergencies even when they may not have been.
HOW THE SCHEME IS SAID TO HAVE WORKED
A helicopter departs Everest Base Camp. Photo by Dmoberhaus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.The alleged playbook was as grimly simple as it was expensive: make climbers feel desperately ill, tell them they need an urgent descent, then send in a helicopter and invoice the insurer. The Independent reported that guides were accused of using baking powder or similar food tampering to trigger gastrointestinal distress that could look like altitude sickness or food poisoning. OCCRP said investigators described the same tactic in court filings, including allegations that trekkers were fed baking soda before being “rescued.”
That matters because on Everest and its surrounding routes, a real evacuation can be life-saving and very costly. AP noted that climbers are required to show proof of insurance covering helicopter rescue before permits are issued, which is sensible in a place where the nearest decent solution is often a very expensive aircraft. Sensible systems, unfortunately, are also very attractive to people with bad intentions and a calculator.
OCCRP reported that police records put the alleged take at at least $19.69 million in insurance money, with three rescue firms linked to the bulk of the losses. One company was accused of 171 suspicious rescues out of 1,248, while others allegedly filed scores of fake claims worth millions more.
WHY IT MATTERS
This is bigger than a single scandal on the “roof of the world.” It is a reminder that high-altitude tourism runs on trust: trust in guides, trust in hospitals, trust in rescue operators, and trust that when someone says “medical emergency,” the paperwork is not doing stand-up comedy behind the scenes. AP said authorities have kept investigating after the first arrests in January, while The Independent reported that the case is already drawing sharper scrutiny over Nepal’s rescue industry.
As noted by thisclaimer.com, Everest stories tend to travel fast, but this one travels with a particularly awkward aftertaste. If the allegations hold up in court, Nepal will have to prove it can protect both climbers and the rescue system itself, because the mountain is hard enough without anyone gamifying the emergency button.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #altitudeSickness #asia #education #everest #health #helicopterRescue #inspiration #insuranceFraud #mountaineering #Music #nepal #news #organizedCrime #poetry #travelScams #trekking #viral
AP News — https://apnews.com/article/nepal-mountaineering-fake-rescue-scam-ca64426bfe3373d7840fdb1d95f93a0a
OCCRP — https://www.occrp.org/en/news/poisoned-trekkers-and-phantom-flights-nepal-charges-32-in-massive-himalayan-rescue-scam
Kathmandu Post — https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/03/23/nepal-charges-32-in-fake-rescue-scam
The Independent — https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mount-everest-climb-nepal-insurance-scam-sherpa-poisoning-b2952027.html
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com -
Famed Mountaineer Accused of Faking His Summit Photos with Photoshopped and Stolen Images https://petapixel.com/2025/08/20/famed-mountaineer-accused-of-faking-his-summit-photos-with-photoshopped-and-stolen-images/ #mountainclimbing #Post-Processing #mountaineering #editedphoto #photoshop #faked #News
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It's early days, but as someone who wants to #mountaineer one day, I was fascinated.
Genus #Blautia, a common #gut #bacteria studied for other reasons (increased cognitive development in infants & lower risk of #obesity & #diabetes in adults), can also possibly reduce damage caused by #AltitudeSickness
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Another nice sunset to add some colour to my feed!
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