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Amazing news

Nepali climbers make history with winter summit of K2 mountain Till now, K2 was the only mountain higher than 8,000m not to be conquered in winter.

As many of you may already be aware, Doug Scott recently passed away after a long illness. Despite coronavirus restrictions, there was a large spontaneous gathering of mountaineers with ice axes raised to give Doug Scott a fitting send off as his funeral cortege made its way to Castle Sowerby Church on Thursday.
Thanks for the photo Hannah Hartley.
Doug was the founder of CAN - UK based charity whose aim is to help some of the poorest people on the planet – the mountain people of Nepal.
You can read more about this here and also read a tribute to Doug.
https://www.canepal.org.uk/

Very very sad news

NEWSFLASH: Doug Scott dies aged 79 Mountaineering legend Doug Scott has died at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08ylm1v

BBC World Service - The Conversation, The international climber challenging disability attitudes Climber Leanora Volpe on why we should rethink the way we look at disability

Why have an Awareness Day? - Mountain Rescue England and Wales Tomorrow, Sunday 25 October is Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day – not necessarily one of the big dates in your diary but worth an explanatory blog post, we thought. Sally Seed is here to enlighten… Why now (1)? The last Sunday in October has been our Awareness day for several years and the...

Very sad news today. A True Legend has moved on.

"It is with profound sadness that we have to share with you the passing of Joe Brown.

He left us peacefully at 10pm last night. He was at home with his family. We have been in contact with his wife Val this morning to pass on our love and condolences and will share more information in line with his families wishes.

In our hearts, Joe will continue to climb evermore.

Joe Brown 1930 - 2020

It does Not get much closer than this

Rockfall at Spantik Basecamp

Meet Superman!

The exhausted face of a man on the brink of something extraordinary!

Paul Tierney has now (at 12:45pm) summited 180 peaks, with another 34 to go, in his attempt at bagging all 214 Wainwright Lake District fells in one go.

Paul remains on record pace, with the clock currently on 5 days, 4 hours and 45 minutes. Steve Birkinshaw’s incredible record, set in 2014, is 6 days, 13 hours and 01 minutes.

Updated story and live tracker map link 👉 www.inov-8.com/blog/paultierneywainwright/

Just Amazing!

Ten-year-old girl conquers El Capitan Selah Schneiter has climbed a rock wall that is beyond some of the most experienced climbers. She is 10 years old.