Welcome to The Next Summit! I'm Alex Derr.
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After Aconcagua, Patricia Ackerman Set Her Sight on Her Next Summit: Congress
For Patricia, there was never a clear moment she decided to become a mountaineer. She said, “It was really an evolution. I was hiking, and then backpacking, and then trekking, and then high-altitude trekking, and
The Belay on K2 | How An Ice Axe Saved Six in 1953
In 1953, Pete Schoening found himself and five climbing partners 25,000 feet high on the northwest ridge of K2 – the second tallest peak in the world. One of the five, Art Gilkey, was suffering
Are There Too Many People on Colorado’s 14ers?
You’ve probably seen this photo, taken during last season on Mt. Everest. Following one of the deadliest seasons on the world’s tallest peak, many climbers were blaming the losses on the number of climbers trying