Archive for the ‘Rock Climbing & Mountain Climbing’ Category
O’Neill welcomes the new addition of upcoming ski mountaineer and writer, Brody Leven, with this quirky parody video featuring Jeremy Jones.
Alaska’s 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley has presented unrelenting poor weather and avalanche conditions this climbing season and has kept multiple parties from the summit. Several people have not returned from their expeditions up North America’s highest peak, including a group of four Japanese climbers, who died on the mountain in mid June.
Among those turned from the summit recently is Whistler-based big-mountain skier Holly Walker. After three weeks on the mountain, Walker and her partner left Denali on June 13 and skied the mountain from the highest base camp in one, long run  … More
ZipFlyer Nepal is the world’s most extreme zipline. With a vertical drop of 600 meters over a total distance of 1.8km makes this the world’s steepest, tallest and one of the longest ziplines. Its also one of the fastest with top speeds of upto 140 kmph. This zipline is located on Sarangkot, about 10 km from the beautiful town of Pokhara.