After many hikes and crossing all sorts of mountain passes, I climbed my first peak in Kyrgyzstan!

Uchitel Peak – which means "teacher" in Russian – is a summit accessible without any prior mountaineering experience.

The ascent took me two days, including a night at the Ratsek mountain hut (3,400 m).

It really made me want to climb other peaks.

One of the more remote and rarely climbed 11,000ers in the Canadian Rockies. Gnarly 4th-class climbing led to 8 pitches of 5.7-5.8 climbing on loose, highly exposed rock to reach the summit, followed by 13 rappels to get back down. Quite possibly the youngest person ever to summit this 11,000er (I’m 21)

In July 1977, British mountaineers Doug Scott and Chris Bonington achieved what had never been done before, the first ascent of The Ogre (Baintha Brakk), a brutal 7,285-metre granite peak rising from Pakistan’s Karakoram.

On the descent, shortly after leaving the summit, Scott was rappelling in darkness when something went catastrophically wrong. He took a roughly 30-metre pendulum swing, smashing into the rock face and shattering both ankles.

High in the death zone with no food, zero painkillers, and a companion (Bonington) battling broken ribs and pneumonia, Scott faced a grim truth, nothing was coming to save them. They were entirely on their own.

Over the next eight days, unfolded an astonishing survival feat in mountaineering history where Doug Scott, with his legs destroyed, had no choice but to slide on his back and crawl on his hands and knees, dragging his ruined body downward inch by inch through blinding storms.

They were ultimately pulled from the brink thanks to the heroic teammates Mo Anthoine and Clive Rowland, who climbed back up into the tempest to rescue them from oblivion.

Looking back at the sheer willpower it took to cheat death, Bonington put it best, "I don’t think anyone except Doug would have had the physical and mental strength to make it down the mountain with two broken legs."

Thought yall would appreciate photos from the treks I’ve done this year. Have wanted forever to spend a season out here peak bagging and this years been the busiest I’ve had. Couldn’t be more thankful for all the experiences and for the people I’ve got to climb with.

The peaks / routes I’ve done this summer:

St Helen’s - worm flows
Mt Baker - Easton glacier
Mailbox Peak - old trail
Mt Rainier - Ingraham direct
Mt Rainier - DC attempt
Mt thielsen - east face
Glacier Peak - solo cool glacier
Mt Pugh x2
Sloan Peak - corkscrew
White Chuck Peak solo
Del Campo Peak solo
Mt Shuksan - sulfide glacier solo
Mt Shuksan - fisher chimney
Eldorado Peak - east ridge

With precipitation starting up for fall, I couldn’t be more eager for another season of WI and getting to chase it here in the PNW.

Trump's Plan to Sell Off A Part of Yosemite (Guardian article). Tldr the Trump administration plans to sell off a quarter mile of Yosemite National Park, possibly testing the waters for more

edit: what we can do - since this news is three days old there are not yet any organizations outright saying they're planning to sue to stop this, but two of the groups that have consistently gone to bat against National Park/land selloff have been the Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association, if anyone wants to throw them a few bucks or see if they can help

Also, contact your rep: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Make a fuss. Leaving a voicemail after hours still counts as a phone call. Rock-climbers/Mountaineers have successfully stopped this kind of thing before, it's worth a shot

Cool story about a climber that had to abandon his gear after a crevasse fall and it was found 60 years later.

Hi everyone, I know it's a longshot on such a short notice but looking for anyone who wants to team up to try and summit Iztaccihuatl this Labor day weekend. Looking to start the climb Monday 9/7 at 1am. We can split the cost of transportation and discuss logistics further. It looks like the weather will be favorable, or at the very least not terrible lol.

I'll be in Puebla Saturday and Sunday. Message me if you're interested or have any questions for me.

just saw this when i scrolled through youtube recommendation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEgdJPzFuQw

Some Lines Just Keep Calling. Some projects refuse to let go. This week, Stefano Ghisolfi and Will Bosi return to Flatanger with Silence firmly back in focus, while new routes and first ascents continue to appear from the Eiger to the Karakoram.

Far from the competition wall, Thomas Huber, Miquel Mas and Víctor Sans report the likely first ascent of Biacherahi Central, and the fight to keep public lands public gathers momentum in the US.

Read the new edition of Climbers Delight.

Was looking for a guide for some technical alpine routes around El Chalten. I'm aware of the AAGM database, but wanted to hear any recommendations or testimonials for anyone in particular.

I’m looking to solo the grand Teton in the near future, and I want to just figure out how feasible that really is. I can climb 5.11 and V6 outdoors and have done a little over a dozen 14ers. Is it a good idea/possible to solo the grand Teton? Would love to hear any thoughts!

Hello everyone,

for my last trip I got myself I hydration bladder after always using flasks.

Now, I am back but how do I properly dry it? Do you have any recommendations how to prevent mold and keep it all hygienic?

Thanks everyone :)

Hello!

Does anyone have experiences with La Sportiva G-Summit on 7k peaks (Nepal, regular climbing season)?

I‘m wondering whether the shoes are warm enough.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and climb on

I’ve read a bunch of trip reports and it seems like some people are comfortable down climbing and others rap 100 feet. I’m curious for some opinions. We should be comfortable without a rope for the ascent and we will probably bring it for the descent but I’d love beta for descending. Is it the same route under the rap rings or a different descent?

I’m looking to do some mountaineering at the end of this October. I’ve got about 9 days off for a trip and would like to spend it with some sort of climb (experiencing a new culture would be nice as well, I’m currently on the east coast, USA). I’m relatively new to mountaineering but have some experience, so something that is a challenge but not too technical would be ideal. It seems like October isn’t the ideal time for mountaineering so I’m looking for options globally.

I’m currently looking at Pico de Orizaba (maybe Iztaccihuatl too). I’ve also heard that Cordillera Blanco is a great place as well, but I’m not sure if that be worth going if I only have 9 days to travel. Are there any October climbs that would also entail a great cultural experience?

Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! Thanks!

The Trango Towers are a spectacular cluster of dramatic granite spires situated in the Karakoram mountain range of northern Pakistan, located within the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Towering above the north side of the Baltoro Glacier, these sheer monoliths lie along the rugged trekking route that leads to K2 and other legendary 8,000-metre giants. The highest point in the formation is the Great Trango Tower, reaching an elevation of 6,286 metres (20,608 feet) and featuring the East Face, which holds the record for the world's tallest nearly-vertical drop at roughly 1,340 metres. Surrounded by a sea of ice and jagged peaks, their unique geology makes them home to some of the most striking and intimidating vertical cliffs on Earth.

The mountaineering history of the Trango Towers is a storied chronicle of human endurance and elite high-altitude big-wall climbing. The Nameless Tower (6,239 metres) was first conquered in 1976 by a British team including legendary climber Joe Brown, while the Great Trango Tower was first summited the following year, in 1977, by an American expedition featuring Galen Rowell and John Roskelley. In the decades since, the towers have served as the ultimate testing ground for cutting-edge alpinism, highlighted by the free-climbing of the iconic Eternal Flame route and, more recently in 2025, the historic first-ever ski descent of Great Trango Tower.

Pretty cool!

Hey there mountaineers I’m a beginner at climbing mountains and would like to climb breithorn I just need proper gear that would be good for it and possibly higher for the future going with a partner aswell so if any experts had some good gear I would appreciate it !

The highest unclimbed mountain that is legally accessible is Labuche Kang III/East. While looking it up I found this expedition planning to climb it in 2025 but no update. Does someone know what happened? Was it cancelled? Was it attempted and failed?

First, will apologize in advance for what is probably one of many sleeping bag posts on this forum.

I am looking for a sleeping bag that is ideally relatively light (around 2, maybe maximum of 3 pounds), for mountaineering and backpacking primarily in California and the sierras, with some trips to the PNW and similar.

I currently have the Kelty Cosmic Down 0 degree and a Kelty Cosmic Down 20 degree that is maybe ~10 years old, and has been improperly stored for most of that (just in the sack it came in), so I think its lost a fair bit of its warmth. I often find myself debating whether to bring the 20 degree and risk being cold, or the 0 degree that is very heavy (four pounds).

Ideally, I'd want just 15 or 20 degree sleeping bag that I can bring with me on all my trips - and maybe save the 0 degree only for car camping or very cold nights, e.g. when there's an expectation it will be well below freezing (like sub 20 degrees).

Some examples of trips I'd like to do:

• 14ers such as Whitney, Split Mountain, Langley, Williamson and Tyndall, in the summer
• Shasta Avalanche Gulch in May - June
• Mt Adams in Spring
• Camp at Dewey Point in the snow
• (eventually) Mt. Rainier

I generally run hot.

Some bags I'm considering:

• Western Mountaineering - either alpinlite or ultralite. Main con here is the price.
• Nemo disco 15 degrees - it's a quarter of the price of the WM ones but a pound heavier. Also read that the temp ratings are not necessarily comparable.
• General ultralite backpacking sleeping bags - e.g. zpacks 20 degree bag.

I think one other specific question is whether to go for a 15 degree or a 20 degree bag.

Thanks in advance for any advice anyone has!

EDIT: I could afford an $800 bag, esp if I got it on sale for $600, I just don't know if my current usage justifies I should. I probably do some form of backpacking or camping about once a month although have done some cool stuff so far.