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:
- Avalanche Kills 4 Soldiers In Caucasus Mountains Of Russia – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Russia.
- Abbot Hut in Rockies Closed for Fear of Falling Over – Gripped.com – Yikes!
- Avalanche Kills 2 Alpinists On Lenin Peak In Kyrgyzstan – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Kyrgyzstan.
- Video: Man Gets Caught In Chilean Avalanche – TetonGravity.com – Close call in Chile.
- Summer Meteor Showers Animate Night Sky – NPS.gov – Dion’t miss the Perseid meteor shower. It should peak on August 12-13.
- Skiing Lhotse: How Adrian Ballinger & co. plan to descend the Himalayan “Dream Line” – Freeskier.com – Skiing Lhotse? Cool.
- Caro North Climbs 55 New Routes in Minialaska, Patagonia – Gripped.com – Very cool!
- Potentially Fatal New Tick Species Spreads Into 7 US States – GearJunkie.com – Scary stuff. Do you know how to avoid ticks?
- The Silk Road Bike Race: 1,700Km through Kyrgyzstan – ExplorersWeb.com – Now this sounds like a cool adventure.
- Climbers taken to Everest with fake permit – MountainPlanet.com – Didn’t expect to see this headline.
- Nepali Municipality Bans Use of Helicopters at Annapurna Base Camp – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com – News from Annapurna.
- Avalanche at Ruapehu damages Tūroa chairlift – NZHerald.co.nz – This avalanche was triggered during control work.
- Watch Canadian Zach Richardson in Youth World Finals – Gripped.com – Stoked to see where this guy ends up.
- Sheetal Raj, 22, is the youngest woman on the summit at Kangchenjunga – MountainBlog.it – Congrats!
- Update: Canoeists Complete Mackenzie River – ExplorersWeb.com – Congrats!
- 2018 Piolet d’Or Winners Announced – MountainJourney.com – Congrats!
- Alyssa Godesky Is Now the Vermont Long Trail’s Fastest Woman – GearJunkie.com – Congrats!
- An Adventurous Duo Rode Kick Scooters Across the U.S. From Canada to Mexico – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com – That’s a long way to scoot.
- 800 Miles with Bears Ears Prayer Runners – OutsideOnline.com – If it’s sacred, it’s worth fighting for.
- Park Closed: Wildfire Forces ‘Indefinite Closure’ of Yosemite Valley – GearJunkie.com – Fire season sucks.
- WWII Aircraft Missing Since 1942 Found Under Ice in Greenland – TheAdventureBlog.Blogspot.com – Crazy story. It’s been missing since 1942!
- Jackie Chan Dodges Mudslide on ‘Project X’ – Variety.com – Close call for Jackie Chan.
- Suspect in Yellowstone bison incident pleaded not guilty – NPS.gov – It’s on video…
- Fall Hazard: NEMO Recalls Thousands of Stargaze Camp Chairs (Again) – GearJunkie.com – Another recall.
- Avalanche Danger High – Multiple Reports of Skier Triggered Avalanches In Bounds – MountainWatch.com – Australia this week.
- Smoke from the California wildfires is spreading 3,000 miles to New York City – CNN.com – It’s smokey everywhere.
Have an awesome week!
