Unroped Climber Falls to Death While Attempting to Retrieve Backpack on McKinley

German climber Steffen Machulka fell to his death while attempting to retrieve a backpack on that had started to slide on May 18, 2012. He was not roped to fellow climbers in an area on the West Buttress at 16,200 feet where they usually are.

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Investigation Into How McKinley Climber Perished While Following Guide’s Orders and Another Climber Ignoring the Orders Survived

The Alaska Dispatch has an amazing investigation into the May 2011 death of Beat Neiderer on Mount McKinley. Neiderer had stayed at Denali Pass to award rescue on his guide’s instructions and wound up freezing to death while another injured climber Lawrence Cutler descended solo to base camp and survived.

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Mount Sunflower Repairs


Repairs are being made to Mount Sunflower which was heavily vandalized last year.

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Time Lapse of Timberline Lodge

Stars at night Mt. Hood Timberline Lodge, Oregon USA. Time Lapse Video by Steven Koch Photography. from Steven Koch on Vimeo.

We’re always a sucker for time lapse videos. Above is a 13 second night timelapse (shot over 5 hours) behind Timberline Lodge.

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Timberline Posts Plans for Water Park on April Fools Day


Timberline posted today plans to open at Water Park at Timberline Lodge. Let’s see. It’s April Fools, right?

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Nifty Photos of Mount Rainier’s Lenticular Clouds


The UK Mail has some nifty photos of the lenticular clouds on Mount Rainier.

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Mile…Mile & A Half Documentary on Hiking the John Muir Trail

MILE…MILE & A HALF (trailer) from The Muir Project on Vimeo.

A very nice nice documentary on hiking the John Muir Trail is out (Mile…Mile & A Half).

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Mount Rainier Concession Up For Bid

Mount Rainier National Park is preparing to open bids to run the concessions in the park. Mount Rainier Guest Services currently operates the concessions including Paradise Inn and National Park Inn and has the contract since 1987. Its contract was to expire Dec. 31 but has been extended to December 31, 2012

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Fatality on Mount Hood on Feburary 6, 2012

The body of 32-year-old Jared Townsley was found on February 7 at about 9,200-feet on Mount Hood. He had been reported missing on February 6 after not returning.

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Man Arrested for “Stealing” Glacier


Police in Patagonia, Chile have arrested a man for stealing 5 tons of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier to be used for cocktail drink ice.

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