Tag: Himalayas

• The 8000ers, Are They A Bigger Money Problem or Climbing Problem?

  As someone fairly new to the world of mountaineering the thought of flying over to the Himalayas to climb an 8000m peak is more like a fantasy rather than a reality. The skill and experience required to attempt to summit any of these mountains “safely” takes years of on-field practice. But this isn’t the only […]

  Tom Dade

  15 Aug 2019

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• The Fourteen, Eight-Thousand Metre Peaks

  The 14 8000’ers, a group of 14 giant mountains with their summits above 8000m, all located in the Himalayan & Karakoram mountain ranges within Asia, all requiring climbers to enter the death zone. Summiting all 14 8000m peaks is considered one of, if not the biggest achievements and challenges for any high altitude mountaineer. For […]

  Tom Dade

  13 Aug 2019

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  8000, 8000er, 8000ers, altitude, Altitude Sickness, Avalanche, challenge, China, climbing, Fall, high altitude, Himalayas, ice, Karakoram, List, mountain, mountaineer, mountaineering, peak, peaks, summit