#mountaineers

[1five1two]

[illustratus]

Mountaineers ascending a steep rock face

by Georg Janny

[big-low-t]

R.I.P. - West Virgina and NBA legend, the logo, Jerry West.

[jokingluna]

[blackswaneuroparedux]

If you only do what others have already done, you will only feel what others have already felt. However, if you choose to achieve something that no one has ever done, then you will have a satisfaction that no one else has ever had.

- Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, made history as the first individuals to conquer the summit of Mount Everest.

The image captures them near Camp IX in Nepal, just one day before reaching their ultimate goal. This monumental achievement took place on 29 May 1953, concluding a long-standing quest to conquer the world's highest peak.

Their triumph symbolises the indomitable human spirit and the collaborative efforts of countless explorers who dared to challenge the unconquerable.

[infernalmachines]

In 1838 Henriette D’Angeville climbed Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border with 18 bottles of wine, 26 roast chickens, and a carrier pigeon. She became the first woman to complete the ascent unaided. When she reached the summit (4,805m) Henriette asked to be lifted up so she could go higher than any man who had gone before her. (Marie Paradis, a local woman from Chamonix, had reached the top 30 years earlier, but was carried to the summit due to altitude sickness). D’Angeville continued her climbing career into her late 60s.

Henriette fashioned her own outfit for the enterprise as climbing clothes for women did not exist at that time. In the northern summer of 2024 adventurer Elise Wortley (Woman with Altitude) plans to recreate Henriette's climb in the same outfit. It is part of her ongoing mission to highlight female pioneers and explorers who have been overlooked by the history books and to inspire more women to take to the outdoors. 

[tjkl895]

(https://twitter.com/AppWrestling/status/1751355490091618399)

[coffeenuts]

[angelofsmall]

frozen road, coldest days of the season, mountain obsessed forever ~ 🏔️❄️

[auraeseer]

Don't be first in line . . .

[christinatravel]

Akchour waterfall🌈🌿

[scooby-doo-exploration]

happyzenmonk - Yosemite Nal Park, California, USA - No dizziness

[ohsosunshine]

Why did I climb Mt. Pulag? *2022*

Why did I climb Mt. Pulag? *2022*

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

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