alpinism

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There are no easy answers when it comes to weighing the responsibility an individual with mental illness has to their teammates in the life-or-death sport of alpinism, but Richards believes it shouldn’t preclude involvement in high-stakes endeavors, or life in general.

From New York Times

That setting can lead to unintended microaggressions, like the Alpinism I course on Mount Baker with American Alpine Institute for which she maxed out her credit card in 2016.

From Seattle Times

“We want to support the idea that alpinism and its values are not dead and we must keep on climbing safely,” says Claude Jacot, a Chamonix councillor and head of mountain safety for the region.

From The Guardian

“Return to Mount Kennedy,” a film more about families coming full circle than alpinism, memorializes that climb, employing rarely or never-seen footage and photography — some by Whittaker himself, shooting Kodachrome from a Nikon 35mm camera — that will delight climbers, climbing enthusiasts and historians.

From Seattle Times

Dyhrenfurth was born on May 7, 1918 in Germany to Himalayan explorers Gunter Oskar and Hettie Dyhrenfurth, who were awarded a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

From Washington Times