Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of mountain news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other cool things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
Let’s take a look at this week’s mountain news:
- Colin O’Brady Absolutely Crushes US High Points Speed Record – MountainJourney.com – Congrats!
- 2 FKTs In 1 Day On Nolan’s 14 In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Big news from the Swatch.
- Adam Ondra Climbs New 5.15b in Canada – Gripped.com – Congrats!
- Missing Scottish Climber Located By Drone On Broad Peak In Himalaya – MountainJourney.com – Wild story from K2.
- FWT19 Season Wild Cards Announced! – FreerideWorldTour.com – Find out who’s going to be on the FWT19.
- 15 Nepalis among 31 climbers stand atop Mt K2 in a single day – TheHimalayanTimes.com – Woohoo!
- 2 Climbers Died after Falling Over 4,000-Feet Off the South Face of the Matterhorn, Italy – SnowBrains.com – Sad news from the Matterhorn.
- LIVE STREAM: 11 Million Ton Iceberg Threatens Isolated Greenland Settlement With Threat of Tsunam – UnofficialNetworks.com – That’s a big iceberg.
- Law That Saved the Bald Eagle Could Be Vastly Reworked – NYTimes.com – The Endangered Species Act is looking at some changes.
- Colorado 4-Wheelers Find Wreckage Of Plane Missing Since April – UnofficialNetworks.com – It was found near Leadville.
- Forest Service gives Village at Wolf Creek road access – DurangoHerald.com – News from Wolf Creek.
- Loveland Proposes Addition Of Catskiing Operation – UnofficalNetworks.com – Cat skiing at Loveland? This could be awesome!
- Andrzej Bargiel is Acclimatized, K2 Ski Attempt Begins – Gripped.com – Follow along on Facebook @Jedrek.Bargiel.
- Spark R&D Begins Using Solar Power to Manufacture Splitboard Bindings – Snowboarding.Transworld.net – Nice.
- Hey FIFA Fans, These Women Played Soccer on Top of Kilimanjaro – Gripped.com – That’s some high altitude futbol!
- Charles Cole, Founder of Five Ten and Stealth Rubber Inventor, Dies at Age 63 – RockandIce.com – Sad news.
- Rocky Mountain National Park Is Third For Most Search And Rescues – Kunc.org – Interesting.
- Due To Marijuana Use Loveland Ski Area, CO Employee Who Died On The Job’s Family Being Refused Benefits – SnowBrains.com – Thoughts?
- Hilaree Nelson Replaces Conrad Anker as TNF Team Captain – GearJunkie.com – Congrats to Hilaree Nelson!
- Top Climber Pemba Sherpa Dies in Crevasse – Gripped.com – Sad news from Saser Kangri IV in India.
- France restricts access to Mont Blanc amid safety fears – BBC.co.uk – Thoughts?
- Kachqiant, Pakistan: first ascent for Danny Schoch and Bas Visscher – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats!
- WATCH: Mountain Biker Gaps Tour de France On Live Television – UnofficialNetworks.com – That’s awesome!
- Lone Hiker Dies in the Heat After a Fall in Death Valley, California – SnowBrains.com – Sad news from Death Valley.
Have an awesome week!
