#mountaineering — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mountaineering, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/92715/ Nima Purja’s friend recalls finding his body after avalanche | BBC News #bbc #BBCNews #BreakingNews #BroadPeak #BroadPeakAvalanche #mountaineering #news #NIMS #NimsPurja #NirmalPurja #WorldNews
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New video out this Friday!!
I convinced my friend Evan to join me on a 30 day expedition where we climbed, hiked, and drove over 2500km across Pakistan in search of the tallest mountains on Earth
#pakistan #k2 #mountaineering #travel #photography #karakoram
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Grenznahe Berghütte beim Piz Bernina geschlossen
https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/grenznahe-berghutte-beim-piz-bernina-geschlossen-67157970
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Some snaps from this week's "Arista del Campanitas" scramble.
Feeling inspired, I'm drafting a blog titled "Treading the Fine Line Between Scrambling and Rock Climbing" — exploring that gloriously confusing grey zone where our discipline labels overlap.
First image traces the approximate route; the rest capture the kind of scenery that makes you forget your legs are burning.
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What a day yesterday. Lasting memories of that one for sure. Las Campanitas ridge to Veleta. A complex, dramatic route done without fuss or drama. Here's one with Linda at the summit of Salón 3325m with other members of our group scrambling up the right hand ridge
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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 -
324th Mountaineering and Adventure Sports Training Programme Concludes at Regional Mountaineering Institute.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_324_mountaineering_programme_concludes
#Mountaineering #AdventureSports #McLeodganj #NSSVolunteers #YouthTraining #DisasterManagement #TriundTrek #HimachalPradesh #AdventureEducation
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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There’s something about a sunstar over a glacier that hits me every single time. ❄️
That mix of cold air, crunching snow and this sudden burst of light feels like a tiny reward for being up here early.Moments like this remind me why I keep coming back — they stay with you long after the day is over. ✨
#beAnywhere #MountainMoments #Glacier #AlpineMagic #OutdoorPhotography #HighAlpine #NatureLovers #Mountains #berge #Wandern #Mountaineering #Switzerland #Schweiz #SwissGlaciers #TheAlps
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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
#Hypoxia #Microbiome #ImmuneSystems #Mountaineering #Tibet #China
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Lise Billon, Fanny Schmutz y Maud Vanpoulle se convierten en las primeras mujeres en ascender el Filo Sureste del Cerro Torre en una breve ventana de buen tiempo tras seis semanas de espera, haciendo realidad un sueño tras el que llevaban mucho tiempo
👉 www.desni.in/femfilo
📷 Fanny Schmütz @maud_vp @lise_billon
#tradclimbing #escaladaenhielo #escaladaclásica #drytooling #mountaineering #bigwall #escaladaclasica
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Stas Beskin enlaza más de 1.000 metros de escalada en hielo en solitario.
El canadiense escala sucesivamente ‘La loutre’ (350 m, WI5/6), ‘La ruée vers l’or’ (350 m, WI5+, M7) y ‘La pomme d’or’ (365 m, WI5+), usando una combinación de autoaseguramiento y solo integral.
👉 www.desni.in/1000hielo
📷 Thibault Cattelain
#alpinismoclassico #escaladaenhielo #drytooling #mountaineering
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All the walks up Coniston Old Man
@lakedistrictnpa @golakes
#MudandRoutes #lakedistrict #coniston #conistonoldman #walking #walkinguk #hillwalking #hiking #hike #mountainlife #mountaineering #outdoors #Lakedistrict #fellwalking
https://www.mudandroutes.com/routes/all-walking-routes-up-coniston-old-man/ -
A Short walk up Cwm Bychain and Mynydd Sygyn
#Eryri #hike #adventure #snowdonianationalpark #MudandRoutes #walkinguk #mountaineering #hillwalking #discovercymru #visitsnowdonia #walk #snowdonia #outdoors #hiking #walking #visitwales #gogleddcymru #cymru
https://www.mudandroutes.com/routes/snowdonia-walks-mynydd-sygyn-2/ -
Often regarded as the best route up #CaderIdris
#Eryri #hike #adventure #snowdonianationalpark #mountainlife #MudandRoutes #walkinguk #mountaineering #hillwalking #walk #snowdonia #ukhikers #mountains #outdoors #hiking #walking #visitwales #cymru -
If #stridingedge is too much, then try this route up Helvellyn from Thirlmere
#MudandRoutes #helvellyn #thirlmere #lakedistrict #walking #walkinguk #hillwalking #hiking #hike #mountainlife #mountaineering https://buff.ly/3kG5KCb" -
People are small 13
Avoiding the snowy shots for now! Here's one from Yr Eifl looking along the coast.
#mountain #YrEifl #llŷn #PenLlyn #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales #canon6d #landscape #WalesCoast #canon600d #ArtAdventCalendar