#mountaineering — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mountaineering, aggregated by home.social.
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With the Matterhorn so close by, the Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) is probably a bit underappreciated, so perfect for a bit of Mountain-Monday-spotlighting.
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/126398/ Athletics Canada says missing mountaineer was climbing near Switzerland-Italy border | National News #AthleticsCanada #Environment #justice #matterhorn #MountainRunning #Mountaineering #mountains #national #NationalGoverningBodiesForAthletics #skyrunning #SportOfAthleticsGoverningBodies #Sports #Switzerland
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🎒🏞️ The Smithsonian traces backpack #design from a two-million-year-old practice to Ötzi’s hazel-and-board frame around 3300 BCE, then follows improvements through a #CivilWar cavalry officer’s patented canvas-and-metal pack, a #Duluth #canoe-hauling design, #aluminum-frame #mountaineering models, and the nylon #JanSport that made the #backpack a school staple. Roughly 450 million are sold annually.
#backpack #history #invention #hiking #science #socialstudies #engineering #innovation #industrialdesign #school #outdoors #otzi
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Nirmal Purja: How a generation of record-setting guides died in a disaster which klled a climbing legend
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2ge4dnj80o#Nepal #MountainClimbing #Mountaineering #Sherpa #NirmalPurja
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The legendary mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan. The tragedy has sent shockwaves through the global mountaineering community.
Purja rose to fame through the documentary 14 Peaks featuring his record-breaking climb of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
#BroadPeak #Pakistan #Mountaineering #MountainClimbing #NirmalPurja
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On 13 September 2025, the Ferrata Bertona was inaugurated on Monte Bertona, on the Pescara side of the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. This is the least-known of the three faces of the Gran Sasso massif, lower in altitude than the Teramo and L’Aquila sides, but no less striking, with limestone walls, rocky towers, and sweeping views towards the Adriatic.
The starting point is […]
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Came across this wonderful image from Arctic photographer, Martin Hartley, which shows me skiing up from base camp on Klyutchevskoy Sopka. The mountain had started erupting before we arrived and the volcanic ash on the snow gave the terrain an almost lunar look.
#Kamchatka #ski #mountains #mountaineering #skitouring #expeditions
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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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They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/world/europe/mount-everest-xenon-gas-nepal-uk-climbers.html
#HackerNews #Xenon #Everest #Mountaineering #Future #Climbing #Adventure
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The UIAA has released a statement on the use of xenon for high-altitude mountaineering.
https://www.theuiaa.org/statement-on-xenon-and-high-altitude-mountaineering/
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360 view from the summit of Chomolungma (Holy Mother, aka Mount Everest):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQjHSKh7kk
#Chomolungma #MountEverest #everest #climbing #mountaineering #mountain #summit -
People are small 14
That's not how summit shelters work.
Dreamy look from this Expired Portra 160VC.
#BelieveInFilm #Portra160VC #ExpiredFilm #AnaloguePhotography #FilmIsAlive #Portra #Kodak #IShootKodak #snowdonia #eryri
#mountain #MoelEilio #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales #canonEOS300 #landscape #ArtAdventCalendar