Our manual for mentally and physically preparing for a mountain climbing expedition. From working out in the gym to trail advice. There’s something that sticks with you for a very long time about reaching a mountain’s summit. It goes beyond the dreamlike splendor of floating above the clouds, surrounded by quiet, and taking in a…
Over half of humanity depends on mountains for clean energy, food, and water, and about one billion people live in mountainous areas. However, natural disasters, overexploitation, climate change, and land degradation pose a threat to mountains. These might have terrible, far-reaching effects on mountain communities as well as the rest of the globe. Crista Valentino,…
The sport of mountaineering involves scaling mountains; it’s all about taking on obstacles and overcoming them in order to place hands and feet on rocks, ice, and snow and eventually reach a summit. The climber can stop there, perched high above the world of towns and society, and gaze out over a world dominated by…
