Posts Tagged ‘mountain climbing’
Leanna Shuttleworth summits Everest aged 19

In May 2012, 19-year-old Leanna Shuttleworth became the youngest ever female to summit Everest, and to complete the Seven Summits. We caught up with the teenage climber before her final record-breaking push OAG: So when did you first catch the climbing bug? LS: When I was 14 there was a school trip to Everest base [...]
Ice Climbing in La Plagne

February in La Plagne – hard to think of anything but snow, skiing and Vin Chaud. But this weekend its all about crampons and ice towers as the Ice Climbing World Cup hits the ski resort of La Plagne.
Kicking off the biggest peak project in history?

Last Wednesday, 3rd August 2011, Mammut instigated a celebratory project to mark 150 years of the brand.
North Face team attempting first winter ascent of 8,000m peak
Departing immediately after Christmas celebrations, straight into the heavy winter conditions besetting the Karakoram Range in Gilgit-Baltistan province near the Pakistan/China border, The North Face® three-man expedition team - Simone Moro (ITA), Denis Urubko (KAZ) and Cory Richards (CAN) – aim for the snow-laden summit of Gasherbrum II (G2) to attempt the first successful winter [...]