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The most notorious mountain in the world – its iconic vertical mile of brittle limestone and ice, called the North Face, is the ultimate…
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Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in Europe, and one of the Seven Summits. It’s located just in Russia, though it is only a few…
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My attention was drawn to Mount Elbrus in Russia yesterday when a comment to one of our articles which stated that Mont Blanc was…
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You might remember that I waxed lyrical the other day (Mount Elbrus – where is it?) over the exact whereabouts of Mount Elbrus?…
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“It isn’t so much a matter of doing something dangerous as being master of that danger.”
Sir Chris Bonington
Matterhorn, Switzerland. 4,478m (14,687ft)…
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Well, not so long ago we did an article on the world’s most extreme waves, so I thought, “what the hell…” – and…