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“No fue un rollo suicida. Fue un rollo de creer en ti mismo.” (Hermanos Pou)
Joined August 2017
“Yo busco al hombre superior.Y allá arriba está el camino.Yo busco al veraz,al sencillo,al recto. A alguien con mirada transparente.Tiene valor quien contempla el abismo con ojos de águila,quien conoce el miedo y lo domina mirando al abismo.” (Nietzsche) Gasherbrum IV. 7925m
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Avalanche update Nepal: Seven killed, four injured and four missing after avalanche hits Yalung Ri Among the deceased are three US citizens, one Canadian, one Italian, and two Nepali nationals. They were at Yalung Ri Base Camp as part of their preparation to ascend the higher
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Avalanche update Nepal via Kathmandu Post: Seven killed, four injured and four missing after avalanche hits Yalung Ri. Among the deceased are three US citizens, one Canadian, one Italian, and two Nepali nationals. They were at Yalung Ri Base Camp as part of their preparation to
Bad news from Nepal Avalanche: Three dead, eight missing near Yalung Ri Base Camp Tragic avalanche strikes near 5,630m Yalung Ri Base Camp in Nepal's Rolwaling region, claiming 3 lives and leaving 8 missing. The 15-member international climbing team—featuring foreign climbers
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Bad news from Nepal Avalanche: Three dead, eight missing near Yalung Ri Base Camp Tragic avalanche strikes near 5,630m Yalung Ri Base Camp in Nepal's Rolwaling region, claiming 3 lives and leaving 8 missing. The 15-member international climbing team—featuring foreign climbers
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Avalanche Kills Five Tourists in Italian Alps https://t.co/k1A3QTrxBr
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An avalanche caught seven tourists in South Tyrol while they were heading up a mountain on a ski tour. Two escaped unharmed, but the other five died.
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Remembering Peter Aufschnaiter Aufschnaiter was an Austrian climber who lived an adventurous, varied life, including turning a prison escape into seven years in Lhasa. https://t.co/F5tMjySOJP
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Peter Aufschnaiter was an Austrian climber who lived an adventurous, varied life, including turning a prison escape into seven years in Lhasa.
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Fay Manners Completes Two Solo Traverses in Garhwal Himalaya https://t.co/Qq2uZrE2Bq
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The UK climber salvaged an expedition in India with two new solo ridge traverses, after a storm and her partner’s illness shut down their main objective.
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Un honor recibir el premio del Club Internacional de Prensa, en su categoría de Periodismo al Límite.
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🚀 The Upside: Executive Access Series is live! A $70M biotech with a potential disease-modifying Parkinson’s drug. A platform built on AI that could reshape medicine. And a CEO who tells it like it is. I sat down with Gene Mack, CEO of Gain Therapeutics $GANX. No jargon. No
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PIOLETS D'OR 2025 AWARDED ASCENTS 🟠 First ascent of Yashkuk Sar (6,667 m), Batura Muztagh, via the north pillar - Tiger Lily Buttress (2,000m, Al5 + M6 AO), September 19-23 by August Franzen, Dane Steadman, and Cody Winckler (USA). Traversed the mountain and descended by the
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10 Skiers Dead: The 1973 Chivruay Pass Incident https://t.co/JG7eoXONHr
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In January 1973, 10 Soviet students embarked on a ski trek across Chivruay Pass in the remote Kola Peninsula. None returned alive.
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Remembering Wolfgang Gullich, Who Redefined Sport Climbing https://t.co/HIXm0ojqXC
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Wolfgang Gullich transformed sport climbing with bold ascents and innovative training, leaving a legacy that endures despite his tragic death at 31.
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New route on 6,958m Numbur Peak❗️❗️ Herve Barmasse, Felix Berg, and Adam Bielecki, opened a new route, and completed the first alpine-style ascent of Numbur Peak’s south wall, in Rolwaling Valley, Nepal. A challenging ED- climb (VI, WI5, M4). Faced brutal conditions: bivouac at
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The reason why @SecDuffy @USDOT @USDOTRapid
@FMCSA have not yet decertified @CA_DMV authority to grant CDL licenses is because @Public_Citizen wasted their time making them respond to a frivolous "emergency" motion in a nuisance lawsuit that seeks to undermine the progress we
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Ojo con Natalia Belyankina quien hoy, junto a sus compañeros, hizo cumbre en el Manaslu tras una ascensión épica, por la cara suroeste, en estilo alpino. Natasha hace 3 años se convirtió en la mujer más joven de obtener el título Snow Leopard, tras haber coronado los
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Three years ago, Natasha became the youngest woman to complete the Snow Leopard Challenge! https://t.co/njKJ61UuWB
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Natalya Belyankina, 27, has become the youngest woman to complete the Snow Leopard challenge, climbing the five highest peaks in the former USSR.
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New route: Manaslu Southwest Face❗️❗️ Here’s another epic climb. A Russian team led by Andrey Vasiliev has reached the summit of Manaslu today at 1 pm local time after an exhausting alpine-style climb up the Southwest Face. Andrey Vasiliev, Sergey Kondrashkin, Natalia
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In another epic climb to an epic season in Nepal, a five-person Russian team has done a new alpine-style route up the formidable Southwest Face of Manaslu.
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Hazaña histórica en el Himalaya: Benjamin Vedrines y Nicolas Jean logran la primera ascensión del elusivo Jannu Este Más detalles sobre la ascensión y el contexto para ver su importancia https://t.co/4HgBT8YDkU
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Catorce equipos habían intentado durante treinta años culminar el Jannu Este, y finalmente dos jóvenes franceses han conseguido coronar este pico en el Himalaya.
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Benjamin Vedrines No sólo asciende las montañas más altas del mundo y los picos de los Alpes con récords de velocidad. En el K2 se la jugó, y bastante. Pero esta primera ascensión de Jannu Este de 7,468 m junto a Nicolas Jean, es una obra maestra. 📷Benjamin Vedrines
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First Ascent of Jannu East, 7468m Benjamin Vedrines: "Sometimes, an ascent can change a life. I believe this one is among them. So much to say, so much to tell. I experienced an adventure so rich that words intertwine, like the swirling snow at the summit of Jannu East.
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