#mountaineering — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

💁🏻‍♀️ 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

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

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

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

Neu im Comenius-Antiquariat 26.6.2025.
https://buchantiquariat.com/de/neue-artikel
#antiquariat #buchantiquariat #books #comenius_antiquariat #Helvetica #Schweiz #Raetica #Graubuenden #BiographienNaturwissenschaften #JohannHeinrichLambert #Mathematik #AchtzehntesJahrhundert #Bergsteigen #Alpinismus #Alpinistik #Mountaineering #DeutscheLiteratur #Almanache #Solodorensia

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