8 Actors With Real-Life Climbing Skills
For this list, we found a number of actors, actresses, and musicians who actually put on the gear and scaled a rock face.
For this list, we found a number of actors, actresses, and musicians who actually put on the gear and scaled a rock face.
Although climbing in the park is prohibited, the parks service said the man fell while scaling El Capitan, the 10th highest peak in Texas.
The Northern Irish climber who scaled Everest 10 times died at basecamp after returning from one of the most dangerous climbs in the world.
The accident happened while 25 guides were ascending above the Khumbu Icefall on their way from Camp 2 to the summit.
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The climbers behind the new documentary Finding Michael say the difficulty in searching above 29,000 feet on Everest is why more bodies of lost climbers are not brought home. Released earlier this month, Finding Michael tells the story of Michael Matthews, who summited Everest summit 1999 at the age of 22, becoming the youngest Briton [...]
Climbing up a rock face without rope is dangerous, difficult and there is no room for error. But if it’s a life or death situation and you can’t get around the rock face, Bear Grylls has some guidance. Plan your route It is vital to do this before you start climbing. Professional climbers spend a [...]
Mountaineering is a sport that has been around for centuries, but not everyone is cut out for scaling steep peaks with ropes and technical equipment. For those keen to experience the thrill of hiking up to the highest points on earth, some mountains can be climbed with no technical skills needed. These nine stunning peaks [...]
The only way I can describe Kungsleden, a Swedish long trail that extends into the Arctic Circle, is that it’s the trail of dreams. On a five-day trek last August stretching 70 miles from Nikkaluokta to Abisko, I drank directly out of rivers and streams, waltzed along boardwalks that made easy work out of miles [...]
Last February, Leland Nisky, a professional climbing guide, was nearing the top of The Ribbon, a 600-foot ice climb in Ouray, Colorado. As he swung an ax into the ice near the top of the climb, a massive slough avalanche came surging out of nowhere, swamping him in a deluge of snow. One minute he [...]