How To Climb Aconcagua In A Half-Day
Loading ...This weekend, Chad Kellogg will start making way up Aconcagua for a speed attempt, aiming to run and climb from park entrance to top of the peak in ~12 hrs.
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Brendan Leonard is a climber and freelance writer whose work appears in Climbing, Backpacker, Adventure Journal, Mountain Gazette, the Dirtbag Diaries and other publications. He has climbed loose rock on routes in Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Washington and Nevada. As a Grassroots Athlete for Outdoor Research, he prides himself on being the least-talented sponsored athlete in the outdoor industry. More of his writing can be found at www.semi-rad.com. Follow him on Twitter @semi_rad.
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Ultra-Alpinism: 50 Hour Push on Pangbuk Ri
Loading ...At 10 p.m. November 10th, 18 hours into their attempt at the first ascent of Nepal’s 6,625-meter Pangbuk Ri, Chad Kellogg and David Gottlieb faced a dead end. They had anticipated a long single push of ice, rock, snow and mixed climbing up the south face to get to the peak’s 21,735-foot summit. From the [...]
Expedition: Pangbuk Ri
Loading ...In preparation for a Spring 2012 attempt to set a new speed record on Everest, Chad has a grueling training plan. First up? Attempting to summit Nepal’s last significant unclimbed 6,500m peak, Pangbuk Ri, with David Gottleib.
