Matterhorn To Be Closed To Climbers

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منتشر شده در چهارشنبه, 16 مرداد 1398 06:23

Matterhorn To Be Closed To Climbers
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Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn mountain should be closed to climbers, mountain guides have told a Swiss newspaper ...The mountain has become “too unstable and therefore too dangerous to be a tourist attraction climbed by loads of people every day,".
The comment comes ten days after two climbers died on the mountain in the canton of Valais after a rock fall. So far, six people have died on the mountain this year...Last year it was eleven.
 is still not clear what caused the rock fall that killed two climbers recently but geologist Keusen told that hot conditions were "very probably partly responsible... that permafrost was thawing at increasingly high altitudes."
He said that this was why rock falls and avalanches were increasingly common above 2,500 metres – especially on the exposed north faces of mountains.
But Keusen is against closing mountains to climbers. He says climbers have to take personal responsibility for risks and must inform themselves about local conditions.
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Meanwhile Mayoraz, head of the natural hazards department in the canton of Valais called the idea of closing the Matterhorn “laughable”.
He said climbing was a “private activity” and that authorities should instead ensure climbers are aware of the risks.
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Zermatt commune president Romy Biner said a closure of the mountain was not being considered.
She noted there were 38 4,000-metre peaks in the commune and that the issue of thawing permafrost was not only applicable to the Matterhorn.

"We can't take responsibility for everything," the commune president said

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منتشر شده در سه شنبه, 15 مرداد 1398 22:53

Tromsø Skyrace
Tromsø - Norway ... 3August
Distance: 57 km
Vertical climb: 4,700m
Highest point: 1,404m
Winners:
Men's:Jonathan Albon -- 6h54’30”
Women's: Johanna Astrom – 8h00'49”
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Tromsø SkyRace at 69 degrees North took on an arctic trip from the city of Tromsø to the most scenic wilderness area ... Cold and technical trip.
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منتشر شده در سه شنبه, 15 مرداد 1398 22:59

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Cirque Maudit / Mont Blanc area last week when spontaneous rock avalanche from the famous Kuffner ridge came down
The *permafrost is melting up high in the mountains because of warming temperatures, day and night
By warming temperatures, You can listen to huge rockfalls from different corridors on Mont Blanc in the daytime as well as during the night
source: Ralf Dujmovits

*permafrost is ground, with a temperature that remains at or below the freezing point for two or more years

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Nirmal Purja ... Thinking about First winter ascent of K2

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منتشر شده در سه شنبه, 15 مرداد 1398 22:49

Nirmal Purja ... Thinking about First winter ascent of K2

He is thinking weather he should hit K2 this winter or no 
He said that the only challenge for him would be the funding
Nirmal Purja, who, as we reported earlier, for 3 months and 3 days he could pass 11 eight thousanders, which today is a real record in mountaineering... He showed to The mountaineering world that he can possible the impossibiliies 
K2 remains the only 8000m peak that still remains unclimbed in winter. There has been numerous attempts so far but all unsuccessful.