#mountaineering — Public Fediverse posts

The great Snowdon queue-skipping row – is it really OK to jump the line if you’re not taking a selfie?
By Guardian Staff

The crowds at the top of Yr Wyddfa, the highest mountain in Wales, are now so huge that seasoned hikers and climbers are simply walking past them. Is everyone just making a mountain out of a molehill?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/26/the-great-snowdon-queue-skipping-row-is-it-really-ok-to-jump-the-line-if-youre-not-taking-a-selfie

#Walking #Mountaineering #Wales #Snowdoniaholidays #UKnews #Travel #Lifeandstyle #Walesholidays #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

#MountainMonday #mountaineering

#silentSunday #mountaineering #alpineStart #miles2go

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We departed at 6:15. Myself as the guide, my son and a friend of mine. The friend of mine was never on a glacier before and is not used to scrambling so I planned with plenty of spare time. I defined 11am for the latest return point.
We were slow but well within the predefined time frame. The glacier is almost snow free with several crevascres, however it's an easy glacier, mostly almost flat. The final scrambling up to the summit I just did with my son, my friend decided to wait for us as he didn't feel confident enough to do the final scrambling. So we just spent a few minutes at the summit enjoying the views.
Back at the hut we refilled and descended back to Curaglia.

All in all a little bit more than 800m ascend and almost 2000m descent.

Back home at 22:20 - exhausted but happy.

#mountainMonday #mountain #mountaineering #alps #switzerland

Go fund this! #mountaineering #climbing #resilience #Outdoors #hiking #Adventure https://emails.kickstarter.com/ss/c/u001.rUIcnpczY6e9uR91rg5kh39Uko7iqNv4FvSyXhek3iUZt5YMb-1DPAsGQSx_WBkLFUPxK55oxnU5gPmKwYcURj57QJzm-f1O8xaZ0Ci1LfU/4t8/6qFIaa6QRKC7t82cA4O7PQ/h4/h001.R-jSnUVzPZl1umCP367hr_yKMf-_d5K2oQqKMvK8XSI

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Summit of Piz Medel yesterday 10:30.

A longer post will follow.

#mountaineering #Alps #Switzerland #summit

Crowds at Mont Blanc: will hiking soon require reservations?

The Tour du Mont-Blanc is one of Europe’s most popular long-distance hiking routes, a 170-kilometre circuit through France, Italy and Switzerland that some 80 000 people walk each year, creating mounting problems.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260815-crowds-at-mont-blanc-will-hiking-soon-require-reservations?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#MontBlanc #Mountaineering #Hiking #Tourism #France #Italy #Switzerland

Seit 1992 galten zwei belgische Wanderer nach einer Tour im Wallis als vermisst. Nun sind auf dem Triftgletscher bei Saas-Grund menschliche Überreste entdeckt worden. Die formelle Identifikation läuft noch.

https://www.20min.ch/story/triftgletscher-vs-ueberreste-gefunden-sind-es-seit-34-jahren-vermisste-wanderer-103616970

#Mountaineering

Savage Mountain review – inside the record-smashing mountain climb that ruined lives
By Rachel Aroesti

Former cross-country skiing champion, Kristin Harila had clocked an incredible mountaineering record – but then, halfway up K2, she and her team encountered an injured porter from another expedition …

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/11/savage-mountain-review-kristin-harila-k2-climbing-expedition-sky-documentaries-now

#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #Documentary #Mountaineering #FactualTV #TheGuardian #RachelAroesti

Grenznahe Berghütte beim Piz Bernina geschlossen

https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/grenznahe-berghutte-beim-piz-bernina-geschlossen-67157970

#PizBernina #Hiking #Mountaineering

Bringing 'Green Boots' home 30 years after climber died on Everest

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz05xn35xj7o

#Everest #Mountaineering

"Mon croissant au sommet"

Der 23-jährige Tobias Renggli erklomm in weniger als 26 Tagen die höchsten Gipfel aller Schweizer Kantone mit dem Velo und zu Fuss – ein Film dokumentiert sein Alpenabenteuer.

https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/video/-?urn=urn:rts:video:14e7e331-8ae4-3487-b001-519d8e0b358c

Ton auf Französisch oder Schweizerdeutsch. Aktuell keine Untertitel. Bilder alleine sagen jedoch auch viel.

#Mountaineering #BikeToot #Cycling #Bergen #Bergsteigen #Schweiz

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

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