Wayne Merry

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منتشر شده در چهارشنبه, 29 آبان 1398 18:22

Wayne Merry is dead!

At the age of 88, Wayne Merry , an American climber and lifeguard, died , a member of the team who first covered the famous route  The Nose in El Capitan (Yosemite, USA).
on November 12, 1958, after a 12-day final attack, Wayne Merry, Warren Harding and Georg Whitmore stood atop El Capitana. One of the most famous roads in the world was created - The Nose (VI 5.9 C2, 31 lifts, 870 m), the road whose first crossing took 48 days spread over 18 months.

Picture discription:
1: The Nose on El Capitan
2: Hardware from The Nose first ascent
3: Wayne Merry on the first ascent of The Nose in 1958.
Credit: wspinanie

first ascent of Linku Chuli

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منتشر شده در چهارشنبه, 29 آبان 1398 17:43

Climbers make first ascent of Linku Chuli

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Seven climbers including four female scaled Linku Chuli 2 in the Rolwaling Valley/Nepal, making the first-ever successful ascent of the unclimbed peak
They stood atop the 6,659-metre peak on October 28.
The women climbers choose Linku Chuli 2 this autumn to prepare themselves for the upcoming spring expedition. “14 women from 14 countries will begin their expedition in the spring season with an aim to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000 m
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Linku Chuli 2 First ascent summiteers:
Kanchhi maya Tamang (31) from Nepal, Margaritta Lucia Silvestre (30) from Peru, Yin Hung Tsang (43) from China and Ma Soledad Castro Serrano (46) from Mexico, Nima Gyalzen Sherpa, Mingma Nuru Sherpa and Lhakpa Nuru SherpaMany expeditions in the Himalayan autumn have decided to turn their attention to little-known and never climbed peaks.
Credit: The Himalayan Times

Nangaparbat

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منتشر شده در چهارشنبه, 29 آبان 1398 17:52

Nangaparbat from the summit of Rupal Peak
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Rupal Peak 5642m is a mountain in Pakistan's western Himalayas.
The peak is located just south of Nanga Parbat.

Photo by: AbbasAli FB

Park Young-Seok

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منتشر شده در چهارشنبه, 29 آبان 1398 17:28

1963 Park Young-Seok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest three times (1993, 2006 and 2009), Cho Oyu twice (1994 and 1997), Annapurna I in 1996, Dhaulagiri I, Gasherbrum I and II in 1997, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak twice (1998 and 1999), Nanga Parbat and Manaslu in 1998, Kangchenjunga in 1999, Makalu, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2000 and Lhotse and K2 in 2001. He is the eighth climber, who ascended all the fourteen 8000er Main-Peaks. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2002. He also skied to the South Pole in 2004 and to the North Pole in 2005. He was the first person, who achieved the "Three Poles", the Seven Summits and the fourteen 8000ers.
He died on the South Face of Annapurna I in 2011, aged 47.
Source: 8000ers