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Sander @[email protected] · 2026-09-07 · 04:59 UTC

With the Matterhorn so close by, the Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) is probably a bit underappreciated, so perfect for a bit of Mountain-Monday-spotlighting.

https://cosleyhouston.com/obergabelhorn.htm

#MountainMonday #Mountaineering

#mountainmonday #mountaineering

Switzerland @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 20:24 UTC

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

#switzerland #sports #sportofathleticsgoverningbodies #skyrunning #nationalgoverningbodiesforathletics #national

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @[email protected] · 2026-09-03 · 12:30 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ 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.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/weve-been-strapping-cargo-backs-millions-years-backpack-innovation-took-off-around-civil-war-180989280/

#backpack #history #invention #hiking #science #socialstudies #engineering #innovation #industrialdesign #school #outdoors #otzi

#design #civilwar #duluth #canoe #aluminum #mountaineering

Miro Collas @[email protected] · 2026-08-04 · 23:26 UTC

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

#nepal #mountainclimbing #mountaineering #sherpa #nirmalpurja

Longreads @[email protected] · 2025-08-07 · 15:24 UTC

"He always told his own son that if he were to climb, he’d climb as an athlete, not a guide. If Nima was going to risk it all, he would risk it for his own dreams." —Gloria Liu for National Geographic.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/manaslu-nima-rinji-sherpa-nepal-mountaineers

#longreads #climbing #mountaineering #sherpa #writing #nonfiction