Famed explorer wrote a poignant letter to his wife before dying on Mount Everest
He told her “this has been a bad time altogether" and ended the letter by saying he estimated the odds of success as “50 to 1 against us.”
Source: yahoo.com
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The evolution of ice cleats involves Maine and the Vikings
In Maine, when your driveway inevitably turns into a perilous chute of ice, you haul out the rock salt, scatter some gravel and — if you’re serious about not falling on your behind — strap on some ice cleats.
Source: bangordailynews.com
Aleister Crowely, the Wickedest Climber Ever?
He made the first attempts on K2 and Kanchenjunga, and was a visionary rock climber, but today he is known as an occultist and sex fiend.
Source: climbing.com