5 ways to prove a summit claim

October 9, 2013 Humour baruntse, denali, edmund hillary, everest, false summit claims, first ascents, frederick cook, gasherbrum, gps, hudson stuck, jacques balmat, manaslu, mark dickson, michel paccard, mont blanc, phil crampton, route descriptions, scotland, tenzing norgay 10 Comments

5 ways to prove a summit claim

If a climber reaches the top of a mountain and no one is around to see them, have they reached the summit? Lots of people make false summit claims, for all sorts of reasons, so how can you be sure? Here are some of the ways of proving a summit claim.

The great great grandfather of mountaineering

February 22, 2012 History alps, andes, bill tilman, cricket, history of mountaineering, horace-benedict de saussure, incas, jacques balmat, llullaillaco, michel paccard, mont blanc, mt etna, otztal alps, spitzbergen 0 Comment

The great great grandfather of mountaineering

“I was desperately anxious to see at close quarters the great Alpine summits which look so majestic from the top of our mountains.” Horace-Benedict de Saussure Modern mountaineering is said to have begun on 8 August 1786, when Michel Paccard,