#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/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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Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/top-mountaineer-nirmal-purja-confirmed-dead-after-11-hit-by-avalanche-in-pakistan #Mountaineering #Pakistan #SouthAndCentralAsia #Avalanches #Nepal #WorldNews
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Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan
By Geneva AbdulWorld-renowned climber had been leading expedition on Broad Peak when avalanche struck
#Mountaineering #Pakistan #SouthandcentralAsia #Avalanches #Nepal #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GenevaAbdul
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The number of people who met with mountaineering accidents in Japan reached a record high of 3,623 in 2025, National Police Agency data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/18/japan/society/japan-mountaineering-accidents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiking #mountaineering #mountains #npa #tourism
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Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak "A harrowing tale of courage, camaraderie and nearly catastrophic struggle" The New York Times Sale: $18 to $2.99 Maurice Herzog Rating: 4.3/5 (1,557 Reviews) #Annapurna #Mountaineering #Adventure #History #Outdoor #climbing #books #BookSky
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Tech Executive Dies After Falling 2,000 Feet on Mount Shasta - While the Argentine hiker and tech founder, Matias Augusto Travizano, was descending the ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/argentina-tech-ceo-dead-mount-shasta.html #mountshastavolcano(calif) #accidentsandsafety #deaths(fatalities) #mountaineering #mountains #volcanoes #falls
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When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/08/when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi #Marathonrunning #Mountaineering #Lifeandstyle #GoogleMaps #Technology #Running #Walking #UKnews #Maps
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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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Eisklettern in Pontresina
"Die Steigeisen bohren sich ins Eis, die Nerven flattern."
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Visiting my hometown is always a pleasure, and makes me feel that I need to climb all those #mountains again and again 🤠
#Dolomites #SouthTyrol #Lake #mountaineering #Pustertal #wanderlust
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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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Statue of Tenzing Norgay with Everest & Lhotse just right of it and Taboche Peak to the left. #Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite. Solukhumbu, #Nepal.
Later this year, it's the 70th anniversary of the 1st climb of Mount #Everest made by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa & Sir Edmund Hillary during the 1953 British expedition led by John Hunt.
Large view, licensed downloads & prints of this photo are available from my site on #PicFair: https://radekkucharski.picfair.com/pics/08635983-tenzing-norgay-s-statue-in-namche-bazaar-solukhumbu-nepal?rcs=ZwQD7F8
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New piece by @carrietait about the #landslide on #SnowpatchSpire in the #Bugaboos with comments from @[email protected] @[email protected] and myself https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/british-columbia/article-landslide-reshapes-popular-climbing-spire-in-bc/ #climbing #mountaineering #geohazards #glacier
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Sunset Behind Kangtega
High up in the Himalayas is a peak shaped like a saddle. And that’s what the Sherpa people called it: Kangtega.
#mountain #sunset #Nepal #Himalaya #Himalayas #peak #mountains #mountaineering #climbing #trek #trekking #Nature #NaturePhotography #LongLens #Canon #landscape #LandscapePhotography #orange #alpenglow #weather #clouds #moody #Asia #Sherpa #Sagarmatha #NationalPark #NationalParks #UNESCO